Show notes from The Agile Business Athlete’s host, Leanne Spencer:

Jillian Lavender, author of the book Why Meditate, joins us in this episode. She’s been teaching meditation since 2003 and is the co-founder of the London Meditation Centre in London and New York.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

Jillian’s history with meditation and how she began practising it.

The misconceptions around meditation.

Why Jillian says meditation is about working with the mind, not against it.

The type of meditation Jillian teaches and its basic principles.

Why measuring oxygen metabolism is a good measure of relaxation.

Why Jillian says if you can think, you can do this mediation.

How our physiology is influenced by stress.

How meditation can support stress management.

The first aspect of wellness affected by stress.

How meditation helps you become more flexible and adaptable.

What happens when you make a decision from a grounded place.

What “happiness via acquisition” is and how people rely on it too much.

What Jillian’s expertise is and how she supports the people she teaches.