My Meditation Journey

My meditation journey began in 2014 at the Transcendental Meditation centre in Pimlico in London with an older lady called Beatrix (now sadly passed away). 

Beatrix, at first sight, appeared a little strange to me — she "scanned" me up and down, didn't speak much, then put me in front of a Buddha where she made me recall some phrases I had no idea what they meant...

Since I never considered myself a religious person, I found this slightly odd and started asking myself whether I had come to the right place... ?!?

At that exact moment I must have dropped into a very deep meditative state because the next thing I remember was Beatrix saying:

"Very good. Now you have your mantra."

And it felt like I was home. ??

For the next week, I came back every day and joined a group of new students. 

I no longer thought Beatrix was weird. In fact, I loved being around her. 

She patiently explained to us everything we needed to know about the technique, the history of meditation and the mental, physical, spiritual and emotional effects.

I started with 40min a day (20 mornings, 20 evenings) and have not missed a day since.

When I'm busy with work and have a lot on my mind, I double down on it (these days I'm very busy and I meditate ca. 2 hours daily).

Yes, you heard that right —

The more I do, create, achieve, ... the more I meditate.

And the more I meditate, ... the more I do, create, achieve.

Meditation is that powerful. ??????