Dr. Alexander Mauskop

I see enough to meditate for a long time.

Meditators tend to have a slower rate of shrinkage of the brain with age.

So we know that when you meditate...

This is the only time when your brain gets a break.

Because even in sleep, your brain constantly working and connecting and dreaming.

So I recommend everyone to do it first thing in the morning.

Brush your teeth and sit down without checking your phone.

And that's when I do it.

I do what's called Theravada or just think about your breath.

Buddhist meditation, in and out.

And you get distracted.

One important message to your viewers and listeners, you will never stop thinking.

They've done imaging studies of advanced meditators, people who meditate all the time for a long time.

The longest they can go without a thought, based on the scan, is 10 to 20 seconds.

You think that they sit for an hour and another thought crosses their mind.

Not happening.

So I tell people the only bad session is the one you didn't do.

Even if you sit and your mind keeps running, just keep doing it.

After years of doing it, you will benefit tremendously.

Yeah, I read it in your book.