Science says eating just one meal per day can improve your health. Learn more at https://highintensityhealth.com/OMAD ----- Hunter shares a few tips about how meditation can change your brain. The practice helped him quickly rise to a top-paying position with a New York City-based luxury jewelry designer. We discuss how twice-daily meditation helps the brain function better. It increases the size of the hippocampus and strengthens communication with the left hemisphere so that it is in sync with the right hemisphere. Morning Routine Wake up with the sun, drink water with lemon, take a warm shower, do some light yoga, and then meditate for 20 minutes. #1 Nutrient #1 Health Tip Example: Most presidents age very rapidly in their four years in office. Hunter would advise a president to have a regular meditation practice during their four-year tenure to avoid ageing as quickly. Show Luxury designer jewelry -During his mechanical engineering studies at Loyola Marymount University, Hunter felt left-brain dominant. He was overanalyzing everything in his life. -Shortly after moving to New York and landing a job as an engineer with David Yurman, a luxury jewelry designer, he learned meditation -Practicing twice daily for 20 minutes helped him to overcome sleep issues and over-analysis of his social life. -His changing brain enabled him to move up in the company from product engineer to processing manufacturing engineer. He could see things more clearly and help different departments work more cohesively -Meditation became common practice in his life, just like eating and brushing his teeth. -Rising up through the ranks of the fine-jewelry company wasn’t enough for him. He said, “I quit” and moved to India to learn meditation from the masters. -He is one of a few hundred people around the world who have mastered Vedic meditation; and he now has a thriving meditation coaching program in New York City. He travels every few months to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and the UK to teach. -Meditators can handle more tasks with ease as thinking becomes more clear. -The pre-programmed tapes that continually run in our minds interfer with decision-making, relationships, and communication. Through meditation, these become silenced. -Meditation can also help increase our intuition and help us live with more purpose and intention. We can listen to the inner voice better. -Meditating in the afternoon can help us re-energize so that we get into the kitchen, cook healthy food, and make healthy food choices. -His students report increased evening energy and a greater ability to complete tasks around the home. -His cravings for alcohol vanished after learning meditation. -Hunter shares his story about how he became more present in tough social or work situations. He calls it “coming to your senses.” -Take a deep breath and notice certain smells -Feel the shirt on your back, the ground under your toes -See the different colors and textures around you -Take a deep breath This can help before a talk, an awkward meeting, or a personal encounter. -Exercise is not meditation; they are different and must be treated as such. -Recreational activity can help people to get into a meditative state faster, but it should not supplant meditation. -It’s best to schedule twice-daily meditation into your routine, in addition to exercise.