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James Everett Youngblood helps men achieve high performance by giving them a mental and physical edge. Check out his blog ProductiveMen.com, where he draws upon over twenty years of experience in the fields of holistic health and personal development, including Certified High Performance Coaching™, Medical Qigong, MovNat, Massage Therapy, martial arts, mindfulness, forest bathing, and holistic nutrition.

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How to Get All the Benefits of Meditation by Balancing

“Use only that which works and take it from any place you can find it.” ~Bruce Lee

Ding.

The meditation timer chimes, and through a small miracle of willpower you managed to sit through an excruciating ten-minute meditation session.

What you should feel is a sense of accomplishment. After all, you often skip it altogether.

But instead you feel frustrated having just spent the entire session fidgeting, lost in fantasies that involve bragging to a friend about meditating today.

Your “monkey mind” is strong. It’s like a whole jungle of monkeys in there.

I went through the same thing …