Hello and welcome back to practicing human the podcast where every day we are getting a little better at life just a little I'm your host Cori Miskara and before we jump into today's episode, I want to offer some quick commentary on a previous episode.

Two days ago, we discussed if meditation can replace sleep.

I shared some of my experiences with if meditation can replace sleep.

I shared some of my experiences within the monastery

and even outside of the monastery,

when I have been able to reduce the amount of sleep I need

through my meditation practice.

And it was brought to my attention afterward that the sentiment of that episode could have been

misconstrued as an encouragement to sacrifice sleep in order to be more productive or a better meditator.

And in a society that is already squeezing as much as it can out of its people at the expense of their health and well-being, which often

means sacrificing sleep, this topic can be a little controversial and triggering.

So I just want to make sure my stance on this is clear.

Meditation cannot replace sleep, certainly not fully, and sleep is incredibly

important for our own self-care and is often the first thing to get sacrificed in our

culture. That is a serious issue whether it's induced by us or external forces. If you do want to play around with meditation and sleep,

first make sure that your sleep is sufficient

and also that you're doing it out of curiosity,

not simply type A conditioning. We can often use our meditation practice to

perpetuate and reinforce the very patterns of conditioning that are causing us to meditate

in the first place.

So just keep all of that in mind as you're engaging in these practices.

In today's episode, we're going to be talking about fulfillment without the stuff. First, let's drop in with the

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