Mindset, Meditation, and Magic with Sandra Merrill

“Time for yourself is one of the most important gifts that you can give yourself,” says Sandra Merrill, holistic mind, body, and energy coach. Born an anxious kid and later struggling with the high intensity of living in New York City, she discovered the power of savasana yoga and the importance of taking time to be quiet and alone with one’s thoughts. She explains that for many, this is a scary prospect. People often feel too busy or fear there is a ‘right’ way to meditate and that they might do it ‘wrong.’

 

In today’s episode of Why Didn’t They Tell Us?, Sandra dispels many myths and extols the virtues of meditation. Despite the uncontrollable aspects of our world, we can control how we show up in it. We can accept our thoughts and responses and mindfully bring ourselves back to center.

 

Sandra points out that if you can spend ten minutes mindlessly scrolling social media, you can take the time for meditation and experience life-changing results.

 

Quotes

• “We are constantly distracted and feeling like we need to be doing more, and we need to be moving and we need to be creating and we end up, I think, doing less. But I think that is what pushes us back. Who wants to sit down with themselves and dedicate time to sit down with themselves for 10 minutes? It sounds daunting and it sounds long. But I can guarantee you that those same people—sometimes myself included—have no problem scrolling on any social media platform for ten minutes, mindlessly, wasting that time.” (13:39 | Sandra Merrill) 
• “I think so much of meditation is about acceptance of, ‘I am thinking these thoughts. I accept that.’ ‘This is happening in my life. How can I accept that?’ There’s so little that we have control over. In fact, we only really have control over how we show up in the world.” (28:09 | Sandra Merrill) 
• “You know when Buddha sat with himself…I like knowing we can all do this…repeat the phrase ‘so hum’…come back to this ‘so hum.’” (26:36 | Sandra Merrill) 
• “Meditation brings us back to that place of, “I know the answer already.” (31:37 | Sandra Merrill) 

 

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