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Articles from Deepak Whether you're new to the practice or have meditated daily for years, there's still much to learn about the process. Here's what Deepak has discovered. Consciousness is the moving force behind all life changes. To create a shift, you must be aware of your goal and plan how you intend to get there. Modern life works against sleep and its restorative powers.
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Now to our -- time for our we boot camp and clearing away mental roadblocks that could stop you from having your best 2016. It's been a big part of my life and have to thank you, George. You introduced to our teacher. Helps so much and it has been life-changing. Relax, take a deep breath. Yes, screaming or releasing frustration is actually preparation for this class at l.a.' S unplugged medication studio.
This prep work is part of a long list of modern meditation techniques that are widely popular around the world. Just all these incredible trends from sound vibrations, sound healing, crystal healing. Aromatherapy meditation. Group classes have become the latest after work hot spot.
Offering up a different kind of happy hour and if you don't have time for a drop-in session there is an app for that. Hundreds of meditation apps offer guided sessions that you can do any time anywhere. Today, 18 million Americans meditate. Everyone from athletes to politician, Marines, even children are on a quest for clarity and calmness and corporations like Google, target and General Mills are all bringing mindfulness to the workplace. So why all the hype? Research proves it doesn't just relax you, it can physically change your brain for the better.
There's this interesting and growing body of science which suggests that meditation can lower your blood pressure, boost your immune system, reduce the release of stress hormones in your brain. Reporter: Dan Harris wrote a book about it. Everybody's life is a mix of good and bad and what meditation has helped me do and I think can it help a lot of people do is be more appreciative of the good and less overwhelmed with the bad. Reporter: So I got to thinking about my own journey with meditation and caught up with my teacher bob Roth. The first time I remember doing it with you, oh, I felt the full experience. The colors and I'm like, oh, my god, fantastic.
Then you send me on my way and I'm doing it at home and it's not working or I feel it's not working. Come back to you for a refresher and I'll never forget what you shared with me to help me understand, share that with us now.
It's a beautiful thing. A physicist in India who caught me to teach I was one time with a reporter and the reporter said, some meditations are more on the surface and some meditations seem deeper. Are the deeper ones better, he said, no, they're both equally good and the reporter said how is that possible.
Ma -- there's no perfect meditation. It is what it is and sometimes we settle and sometimes we're more on the surface but we get wet. I have found I am more aware of those stressful moments that are still going to happen even after meditation, but my reaction to them, I recognize them and I just am at a peaceful state. What was your worry or what were you thinking before you started? I think like a lot of people, bob, that I'm not going to be able to do it. I can't quiet my mind of the you said to me, of course, you can't. Once you say that and you realize recognize the thought and push it out and if it comes back in -- Let it go.