The deepest spiritual experiences I\u2019ve had in my life occurred during long, multi-day (or multi-week) meditation retreats. But in our western world of bite-sized-everything, meditation becomes, for many people, a five-minute practice\u2026 once every few days (maybe)\u2026 moments of presence, chopped up and disconnected from one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While every moment of meditation is helpful, I\u2019ve been thinking for the past few years that it would be nice to create an \u201conline meditation retreat\u201d that lasts for a significant period of time. Something that permeates your life, for days, or even weeks at a time. Except I could never quite figure out how to encapsulate a meditation retreat in an online experience. I never ended up executing on that idea, but Deepak\u2019s 21-day meditation course \u201cGetting Unstuck\u201d seems to be a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the past few months, I\u2019ve become more and more familiar with the work of Deepak Chopra. In years past, I\u2019d only heard his words in passing, along with colorful third-person opinions about him (from others who had also only heard his words in passing). I had never really realized what he was all about until we interviewed him for the new issue of MedMag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deepak came to the United States as a young doctor, to do his residency at an ER in New Jersey. Seeing the suffering, stress, and general unhappiness of his fellow MDs, Deepak was quickly disillusioned with the shiny happy western lifestyle. After a life-changing encounter with Krishnamurti, Deepak decided to make the world a happier place, by teaching meditation & ancient eastern spiritual wisdom. Apparently his teaching & speaking style has resonated deeply with many Americans, as Deepak has been one of the most successful popularizers of meditation in mainstream America over the past few decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can read more about Deepak\u2019s story (in all its ups & downs, realness & glory) in our new Guru Issue<\/strong> \u2014 available online as a complementary back-issue with a MedMag subscription<\/strong><\/a>, and in thousands of stores in 20+ countries around the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The course (which is available on the web or via Deepak\u2019s iPhone\/Android app) has daily 20min meditations from Oprah & Deepak, which center around the theme of \u201cGetting Unstuck.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The idea is to listen to each meditation (which includes some wisdom from Oprah & Deepak about a specific aspect of being \u201cstuck\u201d and getting \u201cunstuck\u201d), and then spend the rest of the day contemplating a \u201ccentering thought.\u201d I\u2019ve just listened to the first two days\u2019 meditations, but so far, the centering thoughts (things like \u201cI am fulfilled when I can be who I want to be,\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m never stuck when I live in the present\u201d) seem to be nice and helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Doing these types of meditations & contemplations over the course of 21 days can really help people get unstuck, and introduce people to the power of living in the present moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Check out my walkthrough of the program below, so you can see if it\u2019s something that you\u2019d be interested in experiencing for yourself! If so, you can click here<\/strong><\/a> to sign up for Deepak & Oprah\u2019s 21-day meditation course<\/a><\/strong> (it\u2019s free).<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat is this 21-day meditation course all about?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n