How Mindfulness Actually Works, and Why It Can Change Your Life [medium.com]

Alicia Doktor 3/15/199:17 AM

Gary Weber estimates that he has clocked over 30,000 hours of meditation and yoga.

It all began in 1972. As a 29-year-old Ph.D. student at Penn State University, he felt that he was struggling for control over his own brain. Like many of us, it frustrated him that he couldn’t manage the constant stream of thoughts roaming around in his consciousness.

Anxieties about the past, the future, and everything in between would come and go without him having any say in the matter. Deciding that enough was enough, he took action.

[For more on this story by Zat Rana, go to https://medium.com/personal-gr...our-life-b76d889a490]

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