Health Blog: Experience the Rewards of Meditation

It's been one year since I asked a simple (or maybe not so simple) question to mountaineer and snowboarder Stephen Koch: How do you deal with fear?

I reckoned back then that if this athlete had snowboarded down the highest peaks of the world, he would know a thing or two about how to face fear, which was something that gave me difficulty. He recommended that I try meditating (see earlier post).

Well, that has taken a lot of work, time and effort, especially at the beginning. But the payoff has been so immeasurable, that I cannot imagine life without it.

These days, even if I am going riding or climbing early in the day, I will make sure to get up 20 minutes beforehand just so I can meditate.

Meditating gives you peace, warmth, an all-encompassing feeling that everything is fine, that you are enveloped in goodness and nothing can go wrong.
When you close your eyes and see, or imagine, "light," it takes hold of you, and it runs throughout your body, limb by limb, cleansing you of any leftover aches or unnecessary thoughts of the previous day. It's cleansing, energizing, healing and leaves you ready to do metta meditation, if you choose. (MORE)

Source: Jacksonville.com