Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasno. Every Saturday, I release a podcast

episode that provides a guided wellness practice. I feature a variety of modalities, including meditation,

stoic contemplation, and breath work.

Now, sometimes I will be your guide,

and increasingly I will pepper in master teachers from the commune library,

including Jack Cornfield, Sharon Salzburg, David G, and Michael Beckwith, among others.

Of course, you can access the entire treasure trove of commune teachers and thousands of accompanying

lessons by subscribing to our course platform at one commune.com.

These weekly short guided praxis will hopefully provide you

with a foundation to develop a regular practice. Now, I've said this before, but it's worthy of some

redundancy. Cultivating a meditation practice can provide myriad benefits. It can relieve anxiety and

stress, assuage fear, and improve sleep. It contributes to your holistic well-being, reduces inflammation,

aids digestion, and even bolsters immunity. However, while the benefits are multifarious, this practice should not be

undertaken in pursuit of achieving a list of personal goals. The primary purpose of meditation

is to access the present moment. And in regularly doing so,

the beneficial outcomes will become self-evident.

So in this way, the process is the product.

And as you sharpen your ability to pay attention moment to moment,

you will notice how this practice gradually begins to punctuate

your cotidian life in the most wonderful way.

Hey, it's Jeff, and I'm aiming to take better care of my skin, which we should all be doing.

After all, it's our largest organ.

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