It is not necessarily a club full of yoga masters, Shaolin monks, hippies, and new-agers.

It is a super useful and universal practice which can improve your overall brain performance and happiness

• Looking to be happy... not just fake smiles anymore?
• Sick of being held up and helpless, a victim of terrible circumstance?
• Do you really want to be a slave to your emotions anymore?
• Are you so depressed and negative that no one really enjoys spending time with you?

Well, I was not necessarily talking to you, but if it speaks to you, you have picked up the right book!

And I was too. I was constantly fighting everything going on in my life; with my mind. Day to day stressors like traffic, the mean lady at the gas station with the bad breath that I had to see every morning, and the long hours put in at work, were enough to drain me. My boss, with his long nose hair, breathing down my neck about my productivity level was enough to deplete a person every day.

I could not even enjoy a second of my day because I was lost in worry and stress over what was going to happen next and what I could do to maybe control it.

When meditating, you take a step back from actively thinking your thoughts, and instead, see them for what they are. The reason why meditation is helpful in reducing stress and attaining peace is that it gives your over-active consciousness a break.

Just like your body needs it, your mind does too!