Richard Gere, actor and activist, discusses with Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson, two New York Times-bestselling authors, about their new book Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body.
They claim you have everything you need, that in fact, your mind is primed and ready to go and that it’s really about cultivating a practice of accessing what you already have.
That you can be a “meditator with a day job”, that is you don’t have to be a monk or yogi to start seeing the benefits – and that with as little eight-minutes of meditation, you can start to experience benefits.
Value of Meditation:
- Changes your brain and reshapes its circuitry in positive and lasting ways.
- Keeps you younger by slowing down the process of aging on the cellular and brain level.
- Cultivates qualities of love, empathy, joy, compassion, and kindness.
- Even helps with multitasking by keeping your attention sustained as you alternate back and forth between tasks.
- Tames your mind and enhances your ability to concentrate.
- And so much more….
Unfortunately leaders this is one thing you can’t delegate – you have to establish your own meditation ritual and do the practice yourself to see the benefits. Advice: practice, practice, and practice!