Meditation has been a part of my life for over 15 years now. It has been such a positive addition to my life.

So often, when we think of our health, many of us think of exercise and diet, when actually, I think, mindfulness is the bigger game changer of the three.

I’m not saying that exercise and diet is not a part of our health. They are all important. For me, if I had to put them in order of importance, I would say:

1. Mindfulness
2. Nutrition
3. Movement (not even necessary ‘exercise’. Just moving my body)

For mindfulness, it was a really slow start for me. I committed to 5-minutes a day to just be with myself. Then it grew from there.

If anyone needs a starting idea, here’s how I started:

I got a mellow meditation song that was 5min long, for my timer. Then I focused about a minute on each of the following:

• my breath,
• what I am most grateful for,
• #1 thing I want to accomplish that day,
• my big desire/dream (2-min)

That’s all I did every morning for 5-minutes and I noticed a big shift in my life. My stress levels went down, my clarity improved and overall, I found myself less grumpy at the end of the day. It just set the tone for my day.

Please share what meditations work for you and/or, if you are new to it, try the above process out and share what happens.