An Invaluable Lesson I Learned That Transformed My Meditation Practice

David Gerken
5 min readJul 30, 2019
Photo by Ry Van on Unsplash

Anybody who’s meditated for any length of time knows this: some sessions are good and some are pulling-teeth awful. The good ones connect us to our home base, make us feel centered and are marked by a physical feeling of inner calmness. The bad ones are full of uncontrollable, racing thoughts and anxious feelings that make us feel worse than if we hadn’t meditated at…

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David Gerken

Meditation and Mindfulness teacher. Dad of three precious kids. Former writer for THE WEST WING. Follow me at davidgerken.net.