Emily Fletcher On Meditation For Extraordinary Performance
The Mindvalley Podcast
Mindvalley
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2018
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Are you struggling to accomplish more and wishing to stress less? This episode, Vishen dives deep with one of Mindvalley’s finest authors, Emily Fletcher on her latest book, Stress Less, Accomplish More: Meditation For Extraordinary Performance. They break down the steps from basic meditation practices to the reasons why people quit before they even begin, from scientific studies to how meditation is the next frontier in developing deeper connections within humanity. If you think meditation is only those blessed with a mind that’s able to silence thoughts, you’ll be in for a real surprise. Listen to the episode now and get the juice from these two visionary advocators on the power of meditation and how it’ll help you live your best life.
“The mind thinks involuntarily just like the heart beats involuntarily.”
— Emily Fletcher
In this episode you’ll discover:
- The misconception and difference between meditating and doing a relaxing activity
- The reasons behind why most people quit meditating before they even tried
- The three steps to take when you want to start a meditation practice
- The two types of meditation most commonly known today
- The fundamental reason why thoughts are not the enemy to your meditation practice
- The reason why we should meditate daily, and what to do if you’re bored with your practice
- The story of how Emily transitioned from being a Broadway star to becoming a meditation teacher
- How meditation can help decrease signs of aging, and even reversing gray hair
- How meditation can become the next frontier in developing greater social connections within humanity
Resources and Mentions:
Daniel Goleman - Altered Traits
Russell Simmons
Ray Dalio - Principles
Ray Kurzweil
Miguel
A Chorus Line
The M Word, a Quest by Emily Fletcher with Mindvalley
Stress Less, Accomplish More: Meditation For Extraordinary Performance
Connect with Emily:
Learn how to uplevel your level on consciousness with meditation in this FREE Mindvalley Masterclass: The M Word with Emily Fletcher — a refreshingly modern approach to meditation that allows us to replace stress and overwhelm with peak performance.
“Make it as rude to leave your house without meditating as it is to leave your house without brushing your teeth.”
— Emily Fletcher
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I am Vichin Laciani, founder of Mind Valley, the School for Human Transformation. |
| 0:05.2 | You're listening to the Mind Valley podcast where we'll be bringing you the greatest teachers and |
| 0:09.2 | thought leaders on the planet to discuss the world's most powerful ideas and personal growth for mind, body, spirit, and work. |
| 0:17.0 | Hi everyone, welcome to this episode of the Mind Valley Podcast. |
| 0:21.0 | I'm here with Emily Fletcher, one of the most interesting, fascinating and profound |
| 0:28.8 | meditation teachers I've ever come across. And if you've ever wanted to take your meditation practice to the next level, |
| 0:36.0 | if you've ever wanted to figure out how to take meditation from something that often seems passive |
| 0:41.7 | and wrote and boring |
| 0:43.3 | into something that's exciting that can accelerate and improve |
| 0:46.3 | every aspect of your life from family to sex, the performance, to work, the career. |
| 0:51.4 | You want to listen to what we're about to share with you. I'm Vicham Lachiani and this is the Mind Valley podcast. |
| 1:15.0 | Hi everyone I'm here with Emily Fletcher and the topic we're discussing today |
| 1:20.0 | is meditation for extraordinary performance. Emily welcome to Mind Valley is Meditation for Extraordinary Performance. |
| 1:23.0 | Emily, welcome to Mind Valley Studio in New York City. |
| 1:26.0 | I'm so happy to have you in the city. |
| 1:28.0 | So in this book I'm reading right now, |
| 1:30.0 | altered traits by Daniel Goldman, there's this fascinating graph that shows how research |
| 1:34.1 | in meditation is going through an exponential rise. Now what this means is that the |
| 1:39.6 | amount of research in meditation was really thin in the 80s and 90s but as we get to the 2000s |
| 1:45.4 | and especially the last couple of years it's accelerating to the point where |
| 1:50.6 | scientists are now saying and proving that meditation does everything |
| 1:54.9 | from improve your lifespan to reverse aging to improving your eyesight, your skin, your |
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