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Hey, hey, one of the things we like to do on this podcast once in a while is to bring in

somebody who's practicing and or teaching meditation in what you might consider to be a deeply

inhospitable environment. This week we've got somebody who's doing that in in spades. His

name is Justin Von Boydosh and he teaches meditation on Rikers Island, the infamous jail

right here in New York City. He's got quite a story to tell. Here he is.

From ABC, this is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Thanks for doing this. Thank

you. I really appreciate it. So how did you get into the meditation game?

It started very early and I want to say I was in middle school. My parents introduced

me to Transcendental Meditation. Can you just describe for people what that is?

Yeah. So Transcendental Meditation is a style of meditation that was developed by Maharishu

Mahesh Yogi and the technique involves listening to reciting a mantra and which is like a Sanskrit

syllable usually in your head. Usually a sound you're reciting silently and at times you

kind of lose track of it and when you notice that you do you bring your awareness back to the

moment and return to the mantra. And again I must have been in sixth grade when I started that.

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