{"id":122368,"date":"2019-04-22T17:02:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T21:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/?p=122368\/"},"modified":"2020-08-20T10:47:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T14:47:55","slug":"vedic-meditation-101-james-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/fr\/journal\/vedic-meditation-101-james-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Think You Can’t Meditate? Vedic Meditation May Be the Practice For You"},"content":{"rendered":"

James Brown<\/a> (not\u00a0that James Brown) is one of the world’s leading experts in Vedic meditation, founder of Flow Meditation<\/a>, and has appeared at Wanderlust Festivals.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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I had tried it all\u2014Buddhism Mindfulness, guided meditations, Vipassana… And at one point in my life, I finally gave up. I was convinced my mind and my life were just too crazy to meditate. And then I discovered Vedic Meditation.<\/p>\n

It couldn’t have come at a better time. I was married, we\u2019d just adopted our first baby, and I had a terrible job I was in danger of losing. I was exhausted and stressed-out and needed meditation more than ever. I attended a lecture and learned that there was a different way to meditate, referred to as \u201cthe householder\u2019s practice.\u201d The term meant this style was intended for people in the world, with jobs, noise, relationships, sex and the complications of it, maybe some kids and the complications they bring, busy schedules full of interruptions\u2026 in other words, people like you and me. This approach to meditation was about 1,500\u20132,500 years older than Buddhism. And it was, the teacher said, easy.<\/p>\n

Given my past experience, I was VERY skeptical, but decided to give it a try.<\/p>\n

Within the first two sessions I found the Vedic practice to be liberating, enjoyable, and doable. And so I did it, everyday. And because I was meditating every day my life began to change in all kinds of ways: My sleep improved within the first couple of weeks. I started feeling less stressed and more grounded. I found that I was happier, for no particular reason. It worked so well that I left my career as an advertising creative director to become a meditation teacher.<\/p>\n