I started meditating about 2 months ago after reading “The Miracle Morning”. My wife had been doing it for a couple of years. I use the Headspace app and find it very helpful. I’ve heard you reference Tara in a few articles now. I’ll have to see what hers is like.

I have only been doing 5 minutes but thought just this morning that I should start doing the 10-minute version. After reading this, I think I will.

I had not heard of some of the scientific points of meditation before reading this (that I recall), so thank you.

This post also made me laugh several times. I enjoy your humor.

Thanks.

I’ve been practicing meditation off and on for about 10 years, and started practicing daily about 2 years ago. It’s been a transformative experience that has helped me through very difficult times – with chronic pain, deaths of close family members, and managing difficult emotions. Meditation has also helped immensely boosting my happiness in day-to-day life. My defaults are now gratitude and a feeling of abundance.

I wrote about how it has benefited my FIRE journey, too, if you’re interested in checking that out:
https://grumbysonthemove.com/7-meditation-benefits-for-fire

I also read Dan Harris’ book and really enjoyed it. My husband is not a daily meditator, but has enjoyed going through some of the courses on the 10% Happier App with me.

Another book I enjoyed was Chade-Meng Tan’s Search Inside Yourself.

I also like Tara Brach’s guided meditations and have used some of them on the Insight Timer App.

Lastly, I’m not a Buddhist, but had a great experience at a 5-day mindfulness retreat at Deer Park Monastery in Escondido. If anyone is interested, here’s the retreat schedule for the 2017 mindfulness retreats at Deer Park and other monasteries that practice in the same tradition: https://plumvillage.org/retreats/info/usa-tour-2017/.

Thanks again for this great post!

That’s odd, I had a link there that vanished.

Two books I really like are Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach and 10% Happier by Dan Harris.

I’ve read others, but those two stand out in my mind right now. Thanks for the comment.