About this episode
If you're not sure what to do or how to approach meditation, you find it challenging, or you simply want to deepen your practice then you've come to the right place. Research shows that practicing meditation can increase your attention span after only four days and increase grey matter. Studies also show that meditation can improve anxiety, lower blood pressure, relieve symptoms of insomnia, reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and much more. While meditation in theory sounds easy enough, doing it often feels insurmountable. Understanding this, Author, Therapist and Meditation Teacher Barrett Self is teaming up with A Psychic's Story and Everything Aligns to bring you a free meditation series to open hearts and minds and heal souls. Each month there will be a themed topic with weekly meditations customized to help you through your approach and practice. It is suggested that you do the meditations daily as you progress each week and month. The reason for this is that it can take as few as 18 days or up to 254 days for a person to form a new behavior that becomes natural. How long it takes someone to form a new habit can vary widely depending on the intended behavior, the person and the circumstances, but for most people it takes 66 consecutive days. Listen to this episode to hear more about the Mediation Series, how to prepare and what will come as a result of meditating with us. Email us at contact@apsychicsstory.com with feedback or questions about meditation and we will address it in the October 27, 2022 episode. Listen to Barrett's first interview on A Psychic's Story – Simple Steps to Profound Peace . Learn more about meditation in the article 27 Meditation Statistics for Your Well-Being in 2022 . Read the 2009 study published in the European Journal of Social Psychology about how long it takes to form a new habit. Thank you to Exhale Now and Everything Aligns for making this Meditation Series possible! To work with Barrett visit https://exhalenow.co/sessions and check out his Instagram at @ExhaleNow__ . Follow at Everything Aligns on Instagram @EverythingAligns or book a healing session with Katie. This podcast is intended to inspire you on your personal journey toward inner peace. The podcast host, co-hosts or guests are not psychologists or medical doctors and do not offer any professional health or medical advice. If you are suffering from any psychological or medical conditions, please seek help from a qualified health professional. Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices