KPT COVID-19 Pearl of the Day: Learn to Meditate

If you are not yet a meditator, you have been missing out on one of the most powerful techniques for improving health and happiness.  Before COVID-19, the most consistent reason many of my patients gave for not meditating was that they didn't have the time to do it.  The pandemic is a perfect time to learn how to meditate.  Mantra-based meditation like TM (Transcendental Meditation) has been shown to lower blood pressure, reduce levels of stress hormones, and improve focus and clarity of thought.  There are many kinds of meditation but the two that I most strongly recommend are Vipassana and TM.  Below is a link to each of them to help get you started: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixu4Kd5R1DI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO3AnD2QbIg