Welcome to Pursuit with Purpose. I'm your host, Melissa Griffin, and I know firsthand that it's

way too easy to slip into the rat race of competition and comparison. This podcast is all about

meaning and fulfillment and how to bring it to your life today and every day. So let's get into it.

Today's guest is Emily Fletcher, founder of Ziva Meditation and one of the leading experts in meditation around the world. As a self-proclaimed

recovering control freak, she spent 10 years of her life on Broadway and started using

meditation as a way to heal the immense stress that she was feeling as a performer.

And eventually, she made her way to India to study meditation and has now taught meditation to companies like Google and Viacom as well as to over 7,000 people around the world at conferences, her live events,

and through her online course. Now, Emily's mission is to make meditation attractive,

accessible, and easy to adopt into modern life. During this hilarious and informative interview,

Emily shares her special Ziva meditation technique,

what the immense benefits of meditation are, including the science to back it up, and how you can

use meditation for just a few minutes a day to feel happier, look younger, and be calmer and less

stressed out. Now, I've personally been doing meditation for the past couple of years and can testify

to the amazing benefits it brings to my own life.

I always feel grounded and at peace after even just a few minutes every day.

So Emily also has a free gift for you today, which you can download at zivameditation.com slash gift. And Ziva is spelled

ZIVA. So Zivameditation.com slash gift. Can't wait to share this interview with you. So let's dive in.

All right. So Emily, the more I learn about you, the more you become the most interesting human to me,

I would love to hear more about your backstory. So I know you're this incredible meditation teacher,

but what were you doing before you got into meditation? So I was actually on Broadway for 10

years before I started teaching. And I relate to high performers because I think a lot of high

performers have achieved a level of success in their life or they've achieved a certain dream.

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