Emma

First of all, being a mom is harder than being a meditator. So I'm just going to put that out there. Let's just be really realistic about that first of all, right? So I don't have that. But first of all, I think it's a practice that starts at 10 minutes. And I've been meditating now for nearly two decades. Wow. For 90 minutes. But I've started very, very early in my life at 10 minutes.

First of all, being a mom is harder than being a meditator. So I'm just going to put that out there. Let's just be really realistic about that first of all, right? So I don't have that. But first of all, I think it's a practice that starts at 10 minutes. And I've been meditating now for nearly two decades. Wow. For 90 minutes. But I've started very, very early in my life at 10 minutes.

It's not something you get to. The second thing I'll say is 90 minutes is a commitment in my path where if I want to teach, I have to meditate that much. because I want to be a teacher. So I always say, you want your personal trainer to have six pack abs, right? So you want your trainer to work out more than you do. I'm a trainer. I've got to work out more than the person.

It's not something you get to. The second thing I'll say is 90 minutes is a commitment in my path where if I want to teach, I have to meditate that much. because I want to be a teacher. So I always say, you want your personal trainer to have six pack abs, right? So you want your trainer to work out more than you do. I'm a trainer. I've got to work out more than the person.

So I don't think 90 minutes is something we should start saying everyone needs to do, just as not everyone needs to do 3000 crunches like Cristiano Ronaldo or whatever it is. So I think doing 10 or 20 minutes is beautiful. I think doing five minutes is beautiful. And the way you get to it is you start to see the value and the benefit.

So I don't think 90 minutes is something we should start saying everyone needs to do, just as not everyone needs to do 3000 crunches like Cristiano Ronaldo or whatever it is. So I think doing 10 or 20 minutes is beautiful. I think doing five minutes is beautiful. And the way you get to it is you start to see the value and the benefit.

And I want to make it really, really simple for people. If someone struggles with meditation and they don't even know where to find five minutes in their day, this is what you do whenever you walk into a room, whether you wake up, when you're moving in meetings, it's called the 5-4-3-2-1 technique. I love it. All you have to do is you look at five things around you.

And I want to make it really, really simple for people. If someone struggles with meditation and they don't even know where to find five minutes in their day, this is what you do whenever you walk into a room, whether you wake up, when you're moving in meetings, it's called the 5-4-3-2-1 technique. I love it. All you have to do is you look at five things around you.

So when I walked in here, I noticed the beautiful chic backdrop that you have. I noticed the beautiful gloss that you have on the name of the podcast. I noticed the table. I'm noticing shapes, shades, colors, five things I can see. Then four things I can touch. I sat down and I touched the chair. It's different from the touch of the chair that we're sitting on, the arms and the chair.

So when I walked in here, I noticed the beautiful chic backdrop that you have. I noticed the beautiful gloss that you have on the name of the podcast. I noticed the table. I'm noticing shapes, shades, colors, five things I can see. Then four things I can touch. I sat down and I touched the chair. It's different from the touch of the chair that we're sitting on, the arms and the chair.

Touching my clothes, touching my hands, we gave each other a hug. I'm now present through touch. Three things I can hear. There's some white noise, sound of your wonderful voice. There's your team members that greeted me so wonderfully. I can hear three things. Two things I can smell. Probably been wearing too much cologne. Your beautiful perfume. Maybe nothing at all. Maybe I can't.

Touching my clothes, touching my hands, we gave each other a hug. I'm now present through touch. Three things I can hear. There's some white noise, sound of your wonderful voice. There's your team members that greeted me so wonderfully. I can hear three things. Two things I can smell. Probably been wearing too much cologne. Your beautiful perfume. Maybe nothing at all. Maybe I can't.

And then one thing I can taste. Maybe it's the mint I just had before I walked in. As soon as you focus on the five things you can see, the four things you can touch, the three things you can hear, the two things you can smell, and the one thing you can taste, you are where your feet are. You're really present. And that process becomes quicker, but we just did it in literally 30 seconds.

And then one thing I can taste. Maybe it's the mint I just had before I walked in. As soon as you focus on the five things you can see, the four things you can touch, the three things you can hear, the two things you can smell, and the one thing you can taste, you are where your feet are. You're really present. And that process becomes quicker, but we just did it in literally 30 seconds.

Oh, that's a great question. And I'd say that some of this stuff is stuff I've implemented in corporations. When I work with my corporate clients, I've instilled this idea of if everyone took a breath for three minutes at the beginning of a meeting. Just a breath. Just a breath, just three breaths. You won't be carrying the baggage from your last meeting into the next one.

Oh, that's a great question. And I'd say that some of this stuff is stuff I've implemented in corporations. When I work with my corporate clients, I've instilled this idea of if everyone took a breath for three minutes at the beginning of a meeting. Just a breath. Just a breath, just three breaths. You won't be carrying the baggage from your last meeting into the next one.

Most of us walk into a new meeting and we're still thinking about what happened in the last meeting. Facts, especially if they know it's you. Sorry?

Most of us walk into a new meeting and we're still thinking about what happened in the last meeting. Facts, especially if they know it's you. Sorry?

Yeah, exactly. And you haven't had a second to decompress. You haven't had a second to think about it. All of a sudden, your manager in this meeting is going, what about this, this, this, this, this? And you haven't even decompressed. If you just took three breaths at the start of that meeting, all of a sudden you've paused, you've calmed the energy, and now you can actually be present.

Yeah, exactly. And you haven't had a second to decompress. You haven't had a second to think about it. All of a sudden, your manager in this meeting is going, what about this, this, this, this, this? And you haven't even decompressed. If you just took three breaths at the start of that meeting, all of a sudden you've paused, you've calmed the energy, and now you can actually be present.