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Meditation to balance COVID-19

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If you are feeling anxious, nervous, out of sorts since COVID-19 has entered the collective consciousness, this episode will provide the respite you seek.

Cory Muscara is an international speaker and teacher on the topics of presence and wellbeing. He has taught mindfulness-based leadership as faculty at Columbia University and currently serves as an instructor of positive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2012, Cory spent 6 months in silence living as a monk in Burma, meditating 14-20 hours per day, and now aims to bring these teachings to people in a practical and usable way. Named by Dr. Oz as one of the nation’s leading experts on mindfulness, his meditations have been heard more than 10 million times in over 100 countries. Cory is the #1 downloaded meditation expert on the Simple Habit app, host of the top-ranked podcast, Practicing Human, and is the author of the bestselling book, Stop Missing Your Life: How to Be Deeply Present in an Un-Present World. 

In this peaceful and actionable episode, Cory and Freddie take a deep look at meditation, the best way to manage your emotions, practical strategies to implement today, Freddie’s one lesson from 20 years of illness, one simple way to get started with meditation, and so much more. No matter if your life has changed a little or a lot since COVID-19, there are many gems to discover in this conversation.

Episode highlights

1:54 What Cory brings to the paradigm of self-wellness 5:00 The power of mindfulness for health 8:17 What led Cory to go on a 6-month silent retreat 14:50 The one question all entrepreneurs need to ask themselves 17:13 Bringing childlike curiosity to your work and practice 19:28 How mindfulness can provide the tools to help us during lockdown and quarantine 24:41 Wrestling with our illusion of control 28:02 Practical strategies to release stress and anxiety during the current COVID-19 crisis 35:11 The familiar patterns Cory sees now with COVID-19 40:05 Why doesn't meditation make me happy? 44:18 Getting started with your meditation practice 45:33 A story of transformational healing 51:44 Do you want to live in higher vibration and abundance? 55:43 Getting started with meditation 58:31 Cory's one wish for the human world 59:18 What does it mean to be beautifully broken?

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