Dr. Susan Bougher is a proponent of meditation after she found how well it worked in her own life:
I noticed a greater ability to stay focused and ‘on track’ in the middle of busy days where there’s a lot of multi-tasking going on. And compared with the days before meditating, I find that I am more aware of my emotions and feelings.
But meditation doesn’t need to be hours upon hours spent in solitary confinement. In fact, according to Gen Kelsang Nampur, a Buddhist nun in Australia, “[t]en to 15 minutes a day is enough. If you do that every day, your stress levels will go down, you’ll sleep better and you’ll have more patience.”
Meditation is now becoming more and more mainstream. Instead of writing prescriptions for chill pills, doctors are starting to refer their patients to therapists specializing in meditation.
Just like exercise, meditation is something that can be done every day as part of a healthy, balanced lifestyle.
