Starting your day with a morning meditation can gently release grogginess and help set the conditions for a more successful day, says Headspace. “Whether you wake up at 5:00 a.m. or 10:00 a.m., incorporating a daily wake-up meditation can become your anchor in a day full of often unpredictable situations and variables.”
Studies show that when we start our day with a morning meditation, we give ourselves the best opportunity to be fully aware, fully awake, and fully alive before “doing” anything. By creating a regular morning practice, we cultivate peace of mind and happier relationships where we are kinder and less judgmental of ourselves and others.
“Due to the current fast pace of many people’s lives, our days may include quite a bit of stress and pressure,” writes Headspace. “People assume this kind of stress is simply an unavoidable part of life, but meditation can help enable us to manage our home lives, and our work lives more skillfully. True peace of mind is always there, but we first have to let go of everything that obscures such calm and clarity — our confusion, our ruminating, our expectations, our inner chatter.”
Meditation can be beneficial at any hour of the day, but there are undeniable benefits of short morning meditation. Mornings can be the best time of day to incorporate meditation because of their quiet nature, whereas afternoons are more likely to be hectic with ever-changing to-do lists. Studies show that we are more likely to make health-minded decisions in the morning before we’ve left the house for the day.
Headspace says that if you can get up and work out, or make an excellent breakfast, adding a five-minute morning meditation is a great way to shift your focus from physical to mental. You can think of meditation as a morning stretch for your brain.
In a 2018 study showcasing over 300 successful people’s morning routines, one of the most critical pieces of their days is an adaptable morning routine. We aren’t always in control of our surroundings or amenities, especially when we travel and have unpredictable schedules.
Morning meditation is something that can be done anywhere: in bed, sitting in a taxi, on a plane, or while waiting for your breakfast smoothie to blend. It can become the foundation of your day, something you can always rely on to bring you to a sense of calmness, in body and mind.
In a generalized study on mindfulness, meditation appeared to shrink the amygdala (which is our threat detection control tower of the brain) while thickening the brain’s prefrontal cortex (which is responsible for higher-level thinking skills and behavior modification). Exercising the brain to strengthen your thought processes can provide the support and groundwork you need to control how you react to situations throughout the day.
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Robert was born in Midland, Ontario on January 11, 1953 and passed away in Nanaimo on November 20, 2009. Robert was the youngest of three. I was the oldest, Doug was the middle child. Our mother and father were divorced when we were very young. Our mother remarried a man who had three sons and then another girl and another boy was born. So there was eight of us altogether. Robert moved to Toronto, Ontario after high school and worked in various jobs there. He then moved to Edmonton, Alberta in 1976 and on to British Columbia in 1977. He lived in Vancouver, Victoria, and finally resided in Nanaimo. Robert had a great sense of determination and optimism. The more he could learn, the happier he was. He continued his education in B.C. at Simon Fraser University. He also took courses in the culinary field and worked as a chef for many years. He also studied law and worked as a paralegal. He studied religions and languages (he could speak many languages) and took many computer courses. He took a Medical Terminology Course, and Emergency First Aid which included CPR.
Unfortunately, Robert's health was never great. He was born a "Blue Baby" and not expected to live. He lived with the HIV virus and with cancer. This was a big factor in his determination to be able to work at home and was why he was taking the Medical Transcription course. Robert was involved with various charitable organizations for many, many years. He cooked numerous meals at food kitchens for the homeless, especially at Christmas and other holidays. He spent time at various senior centers, volunteering, and visiting the residents there. He was an active volunteer at the Nanaimo Parole Citizen Advisory Committee and one of the outstanding jobs he completed for them was their Committee By-laws.
I am very proud of the things that my brother achieved in his lifetime. I have received so many letters, calls and cards since his passing, all of them telling me how much he was liked and how much he will be missed. Robert spent most of his time helping others. I'm attaching a couple of pictures, one when he was very young. If there is any other information you need, please let me know. Thank you again for setting up this scholarship. It means so much to me that his name will carry on. And I know he would be extremely pleased that his name was helping others. That was his number one goal in his life - to help others.
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