64. How Meditation Can Lower Your Cortisol and Improve Your Life: Interview with Emily Fletcher
The Kris Gethin Podcast
Kris Gethin
4.9 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2019
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Did you know that by learning how to meditate you can improve your sleep and immune function, sharpen your focus, attention and memory, and increase your productivity and sex drive? Meditation has been studied for years and there are stark neural differences between people who meditate and people who don't. But just like sticking to a training program or a diet can be a challenge for some people, so is meditation.
In this episode of the Knowledge and Mileage Podcast, Kris chats with Emily Fletcher who breaks down the barriers on mediation and shows us just how easy it is to start a practice that will benefit your entire future.
Emily Fletcher is the founder of Ziva Meditation and the leading expert in meditation for extraordinary performance. Her book, Stress Less, Accomplish More, debuted at #7 out of all books on Amazon.
Time Stamps
- Why Emily left acting and went into meditation [7:00]
- Difference between meditation, mindfulness, and manifestation [12:00]
- How meditation can help athletes improve their performance [15:00]
- Why people start meditating and immediately quit [25:00]
- Can meditation turn back time? What the studies are saying about meditation and anti aging [35:00]
- What to do if you want to start meditating [50:00]
Featured Guest: Emily Fletcher
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| 1:24.2 | So before we get into this podcast with Emily Fletcher, I just want to let you guys know that |
| 1:31.0 | you must be tuning in and think, why has Chris got into meditation? What's it, what's he doing now? |
| 1:37.3 | Well, there are so many benefits and attributes to it that I will be starting off every day of my upcoming retreat, which is coming from |
| 1:47.5 | it's going to be the 9th to the 13th of October in Idaho, in Sun Valley, and I'm going to be |
| 1:53.6 | starting every morning off with a meditation class. It's not going to be huge, it's not going to be |
| 1:58.9 | long, but it's going to be powerful, okay? |
| 2:02.0 | Because that sets us up for the start of the day and it dictates the rest of our day. |
| 2:07.1 | And if we can control our cortisol levels, we're going to improve our performance that much more anyway. |
| 2:14.0 | So within this retreat, we are going to be covering everything. It's a health and fitness |
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