A Meditation a Day Keeps Illness at Bay (Why I Meditate Daily)

How do you meditate?

I asked that question for the first time over fifteen years ago. A young teenager, I got my answer from an older friend in the form of a link to a blog post with a simple guide for a certain brand of meditation.

My spiritual journey was just beginning, and I followed the steps enthusiastically, meditating day after day. It quickly became an unbreakable ritual which I performed as naturally as sleeping. Actually, more naturally — at the time I suffered from horrible insomnia, which was one of my reasons for seeking introspection and inner peace.

When I first started it would take me as long as twenty to thirty minutes to lull myself into a beneficial meditative state. Now I feel I can achieve the same positive vibrations in less than five minutes. But the simple, distinctive truth about mediation — the fact I couldn’t share with any of my skeptical friends — was that it worked. It always has, and it likely always will. What I couldn’t have known back then was how important this skill would become later on in life.

Since suffering a traumatic brain injury, I’ve struggled with a variety of health problems both physical and mental, chief among them a nasty case of anxiety. Finding the time to meditate on a daily basis really helps…