According to many research studies, therapists, coaches and artists, various forms of meditation can help support focus, productivity, resilience and emotional health.
Author Ruth Ozeki thinks writing and meditation are entwined:
“They’re both contemplative practices that require enormous patience.”
In meditation “you’re aware of your thoughts and your sensations. You’re constantly being pulled out of the present moment by your worries, what to cook for dinner or some other concern. And then you catch yourself, and you return.
“It’s this constant practice of return. That’s very much what writing is about, too.”
From article Ruth Ozeki: Mindful meditation By Hillary Casavant, The Writer, Oct 21, 2018.
(Photo: Ruth Ozeki signing books in 2013 via Wikipedia.)
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