“I am a first-time experiencer of all of the ups and downs that come with starting an enterprise from scratch.” Priti Patel is the founder and CEO of MindPoint, where she teaches companies how to incorporate mindfulness and meditation into their workspace for the benefit and health of their employees. Part of what makes Priti a…
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How I Meditate: Jeena Cho
“My biggest rule is no email before meditation.” Jeena Cho started meditating to relieve the stress from her high-pressure job as a lawyer. Meditation made such a positive impact in her life that she now teaches meditation to other lawyers and is even writing a book on meditation for the American Bar Association. Cho is also…
How I Meditate: Derek Flanzraich
Posted on Author coachtonyPosted in Healthy Living, Meditation, Mindfulness, The Strongest Mind in the Room, Uncategorized
“Meditation is like defragging my personal hard drive. If I don’t meditate, everything is slower. If I do meditate, I think and feel more clearly throughout the day no matter what the task.” Derek Flanzraich is the founder and CEO of health media website Greatist, which aims to be your top source of health information on the…
How Meditation Reduces Negativity Bias
“Even for people who don’t have much experience with meditation or time to put into it, it may be useful to do a little mindfulness meditation just before facing a situation or task in which it would help to not emphasize the negative so much and appreciate the positive more.” Did you know that our brains…
Meditation For Creativity: Interview with Dr. Lorenza Colzato
Posted on Author coachtonyPosted in Behavioral Design, Creativity, Meditation, Mindfulness, The Strongest Mind in the Room
Sign up to receive free chapters and interviews included in Lift’s book: The Strongest Mind in the Room “[Our studies found that] Open Monitoring meditation induces a control state that promotes divergent thinking, a style of thinking that allows many new ideas of being generated. Second, Focused Attention meditation does not sustain convergent thinking, the process of generating one…
Data-based Meditation Tips
Scientific studies show that meditation can improve your creativity, reduce stress, improve your cardiovascular health and even positively change the physical structure of your brain. Here’s a collection of tips & research to help you build a meditation habit. In our meditation research, 75% said meditation improved their focus at work.#liftchat April 3, 2013 Data-based Tips & Research Lift Data Insights: Why you should start…
Meditation Habits of Lift Users
Read Lift’s How to Meditate guide for more tips and free guided meditations. We’ve received a lot of questions about how, exactly, one should meditate since launching the March Meditation Challenge. We asked Lifters in the Meditate habit to share the techniques they use. Time of Day Rise and shine, most people on Lift meditate in the…
Getting Started with Meditation
Read Lift’s How to Meditate guide for more tips and free guided meditations. Meditation has the power to change lives but many people say it’s too hard to do. We think the habit is just as easy to pick up as any other daily habit, maybe even easier. It’s as Easy as Taking Your Vitamins The…