It’s #WritersWednesday at Synova Ink Publishing and Synova is interviewing the children’s book author Mr. Dee Dee. He’s the creator of the Jack the Sack children’s detective series. This week he reads book one, “The Case of the Missing Shoes.”
Jack the Sack and the Case of the Missing Shoes
This is the story of Detective Jack, who started out being a brown paper sack. One day he decided there was more to life than carrying bread, milk, and eggs. So, he flipped himself over and grew some arms and legs. He jumped off the counter and strolled over to the TV where a detective show called Klumdumbo he did see. Jack the Sack said, “Hey, that’s the life for me.” And, that is how Detective Jack the Sack came to be.
When most people think of meditation, they think of mystical things, like Buddhist monks in a remote monastery. Nothing can be farther from the truth. Mediation is more than a spiritual practice for religious people.
Definition: a practice in which a person uses various techniques to train attention and awareness to achieve a mentally clear, emotionally calm, and stable state.
I don’t see religion in there anywhere. Do you? No. So get that out of your head. Another misconception is that you must meditate quietly for an hour. That’s not true, either. You can calm your mind and find quiet peace without taking an hour. What if you got mentally quiet for fifteen minutes a day?
Benefits of regular meditation practice:
Increased energy levels
Improved memory & focus
Reduced anxiety & stress
Lower cortisol levels
Better sleep
Increased heart health due to lower stress levels
With those types of benefits, who wouldn’t want to meditate? WebMD says meditation can decrease chronic pain and increase your immunity too.
Some say meditation is the fountain of youth for the brain. It literally thickens the prefrontal cortex. This part manages the brain’s higher functions. Sara Lazar, a neuroscientist from Harvard Medical School, found that 40 & 50-year-olds who meditate regularly have the same amount of gray matter as 20-year-olds!
Studies show that it only takes 8weeks to change the construct of the brain. That means you can start now, and in a couple of months, your gray matter will see the benefits.
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