Meditating is a proven way to reduce stress, improve sleep and keep you engaged in your work and relationships.
While a regular meditation practice might sound intimidating, it can actually be quite simple and take up very little of your day, according to Dr. Esther Sternberg .
"You do that a few times, and that will immediately put a brake on the stress response," Sternberg says.
The goal of the practice is to "feel gratitude for everything you see, all the trees, all the houses, whatever you see, feel gratitude, and feel gratitude for your loved ones."
"When you're in a compassion state, you're releasing dopamine, you're releasing endorphins, all these feel-good molecules," she says.
Persons:
Sternberg, Esther Sternberg, Stenberg
Organizations:
CNBC
Locations:
Japan