E14 Hyper-Achiever to Peaceful Observer, a Meditation Story | Stan Ajemian

What happens when a hyper-achiever tries to master meditation in ten days? For me, it ended with violently throwing up in front of a hundred silent meditators and carrying that trauma for years. But that embarrassing failure became the doorway to the practice that has transformed my life more than anything else.In this solo episode, I share my winding journey with meditation, from that disastrous ten-day silent retreat where I tried to be the "best meditator in the room," to finding a teacher who helped me begin again by telling me, “Don’t meditate.” I open up about how meditation helped me stop worrying obsessively about workplace conversations, taught me to trust my body's intelligence, and eventually led to a spiritual awakening during COVID that shifted how I see everything, even pain itself.To learn more about your host, Stan Ajemian:LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/stanajemianEmail: [email protected]: beingthechangecoaching.com