Take a deep, slow breath.

Drop your shoulders, open your lower abdomen and feel your whole body begin to fully and deeply relax.

Slow your thoughts and focus on the breath.

This is meditation, simple, calm, and powerful.

This is the 5 a.m. Miracle.

Episode number 5.52.

Daily meditation for stress relief, better sleep, and a calm, quiet confidence.

Good morning and welcome to the 5 a.m. Miracle.

I am Jeff Sanders and in this special meditation-focused episode,

I'll break down why and how meditation has made its way into my life in a significant way.

Why meditation is such a powerful habit and how you can create a personalized and repeatable

meditation practice.

Let's begin. Let's begin.

We'll begin with a simple definition of meditation.

Or from my perspective, we're actually going to go through quite a few.

And I want to open this conversation up not just with a definition, but also a bit of context.

I'm not a monk, in case you're wondering, I am actually a guy who has gone through a few

decades of life in which stress, anxiety, difficulty has been baked in whether I realized it

or not. And I'm the kind of person who, whether I realized it or not.

And I'm the kind of person who, whether I realize it or not, needs a practice like I'm going

to discuss this week.

So let's begin with what meditation is.

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