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EPISODE · Nov 26, 2025 · 32 MIN

Meditation Without the Cushion: 32 Years of Practice in Real Life

from Mental Fitness - the Gateway to Success · host Mikal Nielsen

In this episode, I take you on a very personal journey through 32 years of meditation — from living for a year at a meditation centre, to a deep 3-week solo retreat in a mountain hut, to multiple 10-day silent Vipassana retreats… all the way to where my practice lives today (spoiler: you’ll find me meditating while driving, cooking, working — even making love).I share the meditation system I designed specifically for busy business people, and how my understanding of meditation has moved far beyond the cross-legged-on-a-cushion stereotype.Together, we explore the Purpose of meditation, the Outcomes it creates, and the real-world challenges that get in the way of actually doing it.And to wrap it all up, I give you a couple of simple, practical ways to either start — or deepen — your own meditation journey.All of it is aligned with the three ‘IN’ pillars of this podcast: IN-sights, IN-spirations, and IN-tentional actions.There’s a lot of value in a short episode — and I hope you find something meaningful for you.Got questions? Don’t hold back.Comment or email me at [email protected]

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