**Today begins my meditation mantra to end each podcast with clearing our minds of outside stressors.**

Take today to be the first day of your meditation practice as I begin my series of breathing properly in order to transcend your mind.

Meditation helps to alleviate stress and heart problems.  It takes practice like all personal endeavors, but the rewards are far beyond any other exercising you may do.

Although yoga has become an institution of exercising, the meditative properties are the main principles of practice. The franchised yoga studios focus more on the western styles of keeping your body flexible and strong.

Meditation derives from being able to visualize yourself from above as the person who is meditating..