Jay’s Must-Listens: The Step-by-Step Guide to Meditation ANYONE Can Do (Eliminate Anxiety & Rewire Your Nervous System)
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 28.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
How do you normally calm yourself when you’re overwhelmed?
Have you ever tried meditation before?
Today, Jay brings you a diverse exploration of meditation with some of today’s most insightful minds: Dr. Joe Dispenza, Big Sean, Michael Acton Smith, Vishen Lakhiani, and Sam Harris. From science to music, entrepreneurship to spirituality, each guest reveals how meditation has shaped their lives, and how you can use it as a powerful tool for focus, healing, and inner transformation.
Together, they show us that meditation is far more than sitting in silence, it’s a pathway to healing, clarity, and growth. Whether it’s rewiring the nervous system, reprogramming the mind, or unlocking creativity and resilience, this conversation demonstrates the many ways meditation can ground you in the present and while also opening you to what’s possible.
Whether you’re just beginning or returning with new intention, this episode is an invitation to reconnect with yourself. These insights remind us the practice isn’t about getting it “right,” but about consistency, curiosity, and compassion for yourself.
In this episode, you'll learn:
How to Reprogram Your Mind Through Meditation
How to Turn Elevated Emotions Into Healing
How to Build a Daily Meditation Routine That Sticks
How to Heal Your Body by Training Your Mind
Meditation isn’t about where you begin, it’s about the choice to begin at all. Each breath is a chance to return, reset, and remember the calm already within you. Wherever you are, restless, curious, or seeking clarity, meditation offers a doorway inward.
With Love and Gratitude,
Jay Shetty.
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What We Discuss:
00:00 Intro
04:10 How Meditation Transforms Your Brain and Body
08:33 How Much Practice Do You Really Need?
14:39 There Is No Wrong Way to Meditate
18:30 How to Connect Deeply with Nature Through Meditation
22:17 Debunking the Biggest Myths About Meditation
24:21 What Is Active Meditation and How Does It Work?
28:45 Using Meditation to Elevate Your Everyday Life
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.1 | Hey everyone, it's Jay Shetty. |
| 0:06.0 | Welcome back to the YouTube channel. |
| 0:08.3 | If you haven't subscribed yet, make sure you do so that you never miss a video. |
| 0:13.8 | Mindfulness meditation can reduce cortisol levels by up to 25% decreasing stress and inflammation. |
| 0:22.4 | Long-term meditators have brains that are on average 7.5 years younger than non-meditators. |
| 0:30.4 | Meditation can reduce the experience of pain by 40%, which is greater than morphine, which reduces pain by 25%. |
| 0:39.1 | Now, I've been fortunate enough to practice meditation for nearly two decades. |
| 0:44.7 | It's a deep part of my practice. |
| 0:47.2 | It's a part of my daily commitment. |
| 0:49.1 | It's something I turn to for greater self-awareness, alignment, and to really tap into |
| 0:54.1 | my intuition. |
| 0:55.4 | But at the same time as knowing the benefits of meditation, I also recognize it's something |
| 1:00.8 | that a lot of people struggle with. Most people today have heard of it, but a lot of us don't |
| 1:05.9 | know if we're doing it right. We're judging ourselves, questioning ourselves. And maybe you've been wanting to try |
| 1:11.8 | meditation, but you don't know where to start. Well, then this video is for you. Or maybe you want |
| 1:18.0 | to start, but you're worried you're not going to be able to shut off your mind. Well, this video is for |
| 1:24.0 | you too. Or maybe you're someone who's completely skeptical about meditation |
| 1:29.0 | all together. Research shows that meditation can actually reduce stress and anxiety. It can improve |
| 1:37.2 | sleep, enhance brain function and help with emotional regulation. In my own time as a monk, |
| 1:44.0 | I've seen firsthand the power that |
| 1:46.5 | meditation has over your reality. And in this episode, we'll hear from top experts about how |
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