Managing Stress With Meditation

Melissa Shattuck recently was stranded for three days at an airport while on her way back home from a workshop in Puerto Rico with the Chopra Center.

Instead of becoming overly worried and stressed, Shattuck took the setback in stride. A friend remarked to her how calm Shattuck was during the event.

Shattuck credits her meditation practice for helping her keep anxiety and stress in check. Shattuck, co-owner of a yoga center, started meditating about 41/2 years ago after an experience at the Chopra Center in Carlsbad, Calif.

She started meditating to deal with stress.

“This was the most life-changing thing for me in dealing with depression and anxiety,” Shattuck says.

She is a certified meditation instructor with the Chopra Center, started by teacher and author Deepak Chopra and David Simon. She also teaches Ayurveda and yoga.

During her regular practice, Shattuck meditates twice a day for 20 to 30 minutes. She notices the effects when she doesn’t meditate. (MORE)

Source: Chicago Sun-Times