Meditation in a New York Minute: Super Calm for the Super Busy
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Executive meditation coach Mark Thornton writes about a revolution—finding your deepest heart in everyday moments. In Meditation in a New York Minute, Thornton demystifies meditation and makes it accessible to all. He presents his complete program for enjoying the many benefits of meditation—stress reduction, energy, intense mental clarity—in a New York minute.
"If your life is moving at warp speed," begins Thornton, "more than ever you need to create calm quickly and profoundly." Meditation in a New York Minute will teach even the busiest readers:
How to get an hour of refreshing meditation into your day—without adding a thing to your scheduleNineteen powerful techniques from the world's wisdom traditions, distilled into "micro-doses" you can use between meetings, while commuting, in the shower—whenever you have a free momentThe Eight Laws of Super Calm and the Eight Golden Keys for flipping on compassion and insight in any situationThe 11 Thieves along the path of meditation, and how to dodge them
"You can be super busy, super successful, and super calm at the same time, " assures Mark Thornton. With Meditation in a New York Minute, the rewards of this centuries-old inner art are finally available to everyone on the go.
Mark Thornton
Mark's Pied Piper Series has been in the making for 16 years. He released the first book, "Ratatattat," in the spring of 2010 and the second book, "HickoryDickoryDock," in November 2010. "Pay the Piper," the third and final book is scheduled for release in November of 2011.Mark bought and developed Friday Mountain ranch outside Austin in the 1990's. Since then he has spent much of his time in Central America and the Caribbean. He currently lives outside Austin.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In this hectic, 24/7 world, meditation is one of the last things for which most people have any time. This book shows a number of easy ways that anyone can do "mini-meditations" at any time during the day, and that take only one minute at a time.Everyone has an area of calm deep inside themselves. Accessing that area will decrease stress, re-energize yourself, and enliven the spirit, without closing your eyes and sitting in a lotus position for hours.Among the techniques are: breathing energy, ChiGung breath for calm, eating (or walking or commuting) with Awareness, magnify heart energy, magnify wisdom, seeing the good in all people and dealing with anger. Start with just one technique, and practice until it becomes second nature. Don’t expect to "get" all of these techniques the first time.This book also mentions quick things that can also be done by anyone at any time. Change your screensaver or cell phone display to CALM or PRACTICE CALM. Breathe in for four seconds, hold for one second, and breathe out for four seconds. Check the muscles in your forehead, and around your eyes, to see if they are relaxed. Massage them if needed. On the subway, imagine your spine is a tube of pure white light, growing brighter and more intense.This is intended for busy people who don’t want to read a lot of spiritual theory; they want to get right to How To Do It. The author is a former executive at JPMorgan, so he understands workplace stress. He has done a fine job with this book. It’s simple, effective, and best of all, it’s fast.
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Meditation in a New York Minute - Mark Thornton
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to honor all the teachers from whom
I have learned, for their secrets and their passion in turning me back to the source.
To my parents who have suffered through my strange career shift from investment banker to meditation teacher. To my friends who have seen all of this unfold. And to the Divine, whose heart searches for me everywhere.
By the end of this book you will have tools to create calm and connectedness
Anywhere
Anytime
Imagine a world where you could:
De-stress effortlessly
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Feel centered no matter what
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Easily create an oasis of calm anywhere in your day
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Feel powerfully connected to life
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Begin to perceive stress as optional
All without changing anything from your busy schedule!
Introduction
Our lives are lived at warp speed.
Our hectic schedules are crammed with crises, to-do lists, issues marked urgent and overflowing in trays, unpaid bills, a sea of unread email, and deadlines with due dates close to last Christmas. Our agendas have everything in them but relax.
Whether an executive, single mother or factory worker, we have all been affected by the increased pace and complexity of life. More than ever, we need to create calm quickly and profoundly. We need to feel connected to life, in the middle of our frantic days.
What’s the solution?
The secret is centuries old. We can do more by relaxing more. We can go faster by slowing down more frequently. Deep inside yourself, now, lies a space that is always calm. Far away from everyday events, at your core, lies a place of quiet, calm, serenity, and stillness. Even by reading these words you can begin to relax and journey to the mystical place that sages and saints call the ocean of calm.
The goal of Meditation in a New York Minute is to show you how to access this place whenever you need to. Feeling connected to life and your core can be an everyday and effortless activity. It’s not just possible; it’s the way it should be. You can be super busy, super successful, and super calm at the same time. No matter what you do, there are simple, quick, and sure-fire ways to swim in the ocean of calm.
Formula One racing cars need frequent pit stops; otherwise they run out of fuel. Your mind also needs to slow down quickly to refuel, before speeding up again. By the time you’ve finished reading this book, you will have tools you need to access the ocean of calm, like a pit stop, to reenergize, gain perspective, enliven your spirit, and head out again—all in less than a New York minute!
Let me give you an example from my own life. As an investment banker my days were often fourteen hours long, and I frequently worked six-day weeks. The more successful my career, the more I needed meditation to relax quickly. In my experience, stress reduced my performance at work, led to poor decision making, reduced mental clarity, and increased levels of frustration. During this time, I used up to nineteen meditations that could be done in less than a New York minute to remain focused, calm, to make better decisions, to respond from my core values, and to get the job done, effortlessly.
I trained with a number of meditation masters over twenty-two years and learned a range of techniques to relax effortlessly, deeply, and, above all, quickly. I was amazed to find that even as a busy C.O.O. I was able to meditate for a total of an hour each workday, without changing anything from my daily schedule.
Let me repeat that: I was able to meditate for a total of an hour each workday, without changing anything from my daily schedule.
I still kept all my work hours. I attended the same meetings. I didn’t have to leave early from or arrive late at work to meditate. I didn’t have to sacrifice time at the gym
or relaxing with friends
to become calm. Specifically, I learned ways to create calm while moving about in the world, without setting aside time to sit cross-legged in a quiet room. If this sounds impossible, read on!
In my work as an executive meditation coach, I’ve found that even the most successful people have one to two hours a day they can spend creating calm, building energy, and de-stressing. For example, even the busiest people shower in the morning, commute to work, have lunch, sit in the backs of taxis, walk down streets, have moments before and after meetings, walk from meetings to other meetings, and travel home from work. All are profound opportunities to experience calm.
My new career has been teaching major corporations about finding calm. I’ve spent more than 3,000 hours learning and teaching these techniques in the past year alone. After I left JPMorgan I spent a year with thirty different spiritual teachers, in more than seven different countries, to find the best techniques for Super Busy people. In the past five years alone, I’ve done more than 5,000 hours of learning and teaching meditation. I’ve been exploring meditation for more than twenty-two years and created meditation groups in New York, London, and Melbourne.
This book describes nineteen techniques to access the ocean of calm whenever and wherever you are. The meditations cover a range of situations in which you may find yourself. You’ll find all you need to identify the parts of your busy schedule that can be used to create calm.
This book is unashamedly aimed at those people who need solutions fast! The layout is designed to give the ideal amount of information with maximum results. It aims to be as easy and effective as aspirin. We are not attempting surgery here; we aim to relieve the symptoms of stress rather than the causes.
As a result, philosophy and theology are largely ignored. Your capacity to discuss comparative religions at dinner parties will be unchanged. Meditation is a tool, like a hammer, with a specific purpose. The purpose of this book is to quickly get you to the ocean of calm and explore the techniques and find what works.
There are three parts to the book:
The Journey
The Essentials
The Techniques
Your pay-off from the book will increase threefold if you read the entire book. For those new to meditation, the first two sections contain all you need to know to practice with ease (Laws, Secrets, and Useful Ideas). For those with many years of meditating experience, the invitation is to deepen and stretch your capacity to meditate. Each technique has tips, frequently asked questions, and common challenges.
Explore these techniques; see what works. Try them in different situations. Find the combination of techniques that perfectly suits your needs, your schedule, and the pull of your heart. Being calm and connected in your everyday life isn’t just possible; it’s the way it should be.
My personal goal is to turn you on to the awesome power that lies within your center—your heart.
THE BENEFITS
This book provides the process, guidelines, and building blocks to create an oasis of calm in your everyday life, not just in spite of your everyday life. It offers proven ways to:
• Improve health
• Lower stress
• Work with an open and relaxed body
• Feel connected and alive to life
Generally you will be able to:
• Deal with stress more effectively
• Improve your sense of