Michael Chernow

I, uh, I sit on my little meditation stool.

I turn on my red light and, um, and I meditate for about 10 minutes.

And, um, I kind of think about prayer as, uh, as talking to God.

And then I think about meditation.

Um,

as listening to God, right?

And so I like to try to spend a little bit more time listening than I do talking.

And so I meditate for about 10 minutes and then I walk back out of the guest bedroom, make my way into the garage and that's where I have my sauna, my cold plunge.

And I sit in the sauna for about 20 minutes.

And that's where I get my reading done.

I like to read in the sauna.

And then it's a battle every single morning.

It's never like, oh, I'm just going to hop in the cold plunge.

It's just always a battle.

I'm always trying to convince myself that it's just, I did it yesterday and I just don't need to do it today.

I could just go take a cold shower.

It'll be easier, faster.

but you know, I always fight that fight and end up in the cold plunge for somewhere between three and four minutes.

Um, and that's where I get to like really slow down my breathing, really get centered, really get focused.

The cold plunge is, uh, you know, obviously there's a lot of talk about cold plunging and all the health benefits.