BRENDON BURCHARD’S

MEDITATION PRACTICE

On Meditating

There are plenty of great books on meditation in the world, so I won’t spend too much time being descriptive about all of its
proven benefits or detailing all the different genres or approaches to meditating. Visit a local bookstore and you’ll find plenty
of meditation books – they’re all good in their own right.

Instead, let me share with you a simple overview and my personal practice.

As an overview, meditation is simply silencing or focusing the mind. Practices tend to focus on using visualization and/or
thought repetition to focus and quite the mind. Some say, just be still and think of nothing else but imagining a recurring
image (e.g. a bubble rising slowly from the depths to the surface of a blue ocean). Others say don’t imagine any visuals, just
say a word, phrase or mantra to yourself over and over again (e.g. “ohm,” a purpose statement, or a singular word). Others say,
by golly do both and add some incense, music, and body movement.

Frankly, no one is right and there isn’t one “way” that is better than another for everyone. Meditation is a very individual
process and what works for me may not work for you.

With that in mind, here is my practice:

•  Every day at 2pm and 7pm I try to find 20 minutes to mediate.

•  My practice includes a visual element (imagining a bubble rising to the surface) and a verbal element (I repeat a series of
words in my mind that are meaningful to me).
•  I try not to think of anything except those two things. When a random thought enters my head, I restart the bubble at the
bottom of the ocean and watch it floating up once more. I rarely get the bubble all the way to the top.
•  I listen to James Twyman’s Moses Code Frequency Meditation via headphones while I do this. (My friend Wayne Dyer
taught me to do this, and James is very nice guy and a phenomenal musician).

That’s it. That’s my whole practice. Elements that are present here are:

•  A time to meditate each day.

•  A practice to focus my mind combining visual and verbal patterns.
•  An effort to be present and not think of other things.
•  A musical component that inspires me.

I hope that helps you on your own journey. Meditation is a lifelong process. Give it a try. As you get deeper and more
disciplined into the process, you’ll get deeper and more disciplined in your mind and life.

-- Brendon Burchard
Founder, High Performance Academy
Author, The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives that Make You Feel Alive

“Only two things change your life: either something new comes into your life, or something new comes out of you.”
– Brendon Burchard, Founder of High Performance Academy. Get free videos at HighPerformanceAcademy.com.