Winning with life which keeps throwing new challenges every day...

I had written this self care tip few months back which I thought its better to be published as an article... Also few friends asked about Transcendental Meditation and i have included links under section 1

My self-care tip for my friends is to do 3 things every day (or most days)...

1. Mental clarity, awareness and health

Any form of meditation you like or can do; the simpler the better. I practice Transcendental Meditation(TM) - refer links below - from last 3 yrs and I recommend it. I have been doing other types of meditations from 20 yrs (an old article link below). TM helps you go from the active turbulent mind on the surface to the silent mind at the depth. And TM is done twice a day 20 mins in morning and 20 mins in evening.

Transcendental Meditation

1. https://vimeo.com/452556929
2. https://www.tm.org/
3. https://www.meditationmelbourne.org.au/

For other forms of meditation refer this older article - https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/20140927145951-19980715-the-abc-of-meditation/

2.?Physical activity and muscle strength

Any form of exercise which makes you use your muscles to do more than sitting on a chair or watching TV on a couch. Cycling, gym, jogging, pilates, Indian Surya-namaskar, or any sports you like… Simple pushups and more standing than sitting through the day also works. I used my $70 second-hand bicycle for many years and it helps. Now I go to gym 3 days a week. I don't like getting up in the morning and going to gym, but I always come back with a broad grin on face. :) This human mind is very deceptive...

3. Living life on a daily basis and retrospection before you sleep

This starts from zeroing your mind before you go to sleep, forget most, forgive everyone including yourself; just zero your mind…

And keep a journal, with a small list of things, which you need to work daily to achieve your mini goals. If you write these things they will stop nagging your brain. And when you refer them daily you act and you get the benefits of consistency.

1. So you wrote these mini goals which are your north-star for the next day.
2. Next morning wake up rejuvenated, do the physical activity, take a shower, do meditation and then just work on your daily actions to achieve the mini goal.
3. And in the night before you go to bed, just retrospect on what you could have done better, feel happy with what you did and zero all and start fresh…

That's it, keep doing regularly! :)

Mahtab Syed, Melbourne 27 Mar 2022