One of my early podcast episodes, an introduction to meditation in stroke recovery, got a lot of views. Back then, I was all about neuroplasticity, everyone’s favorite buzzword in stroke recovery. I even did a whole seven-day meditation series focused on visualizing healing in the brain. It didn’t exactly go viral, but it helped me and a few others, and that’s enough. I still meditate on a less formal and very flexible schedule. I don’t need to wait until I feel ready to meditate in order to sit still for a few minutes. In fact, I usually don’t feel peaceful at all when I know I need to create a peaceful space around me, even if it’s chaos inside.
My brain is noisy, and meditation has help it quiet down. I think that calling it something like “Brain Sitting” (giving my brain a place to sit down and stop pacing) or “Thinking Time-Out” (like a time-out for your toddler brain that keeps touching stuff it shouldn’t) could make the action less intimidating to those that think they can’t do it. I use my imagination a lot for my practice. I can sit still for five minutes and imagine my brain rebuilding neuro-connections. If the word “meditation” makes you squirm, don’t call it that. Call it “Staring at Nothing on Purpose” and do it anyway.
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