Phil Jackson won nine NBA championships, brooding all the way to the top.

Madonna, the perennial pop star, with hits spanning generations, rose to stardom and wealth.

Dr. Wayne Dyer, one of the most influential and grounded self-help healers of our time, meditated in many of our lives.

Meditation means a calm and quiet time to envision our desired future, calm our racing mind, and find peace in a demanding world. Those of us challenged by anxiety, daily stress, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), addictions (sex, drugs, gambling, food, etc.), we will find a welcome peace in daily meditation. Two (2) minutes a day is a great starting point to begin our meditation program. That’s how I started. I eventually worked up to 11 minutes twice a day. My life completely changed for the better. More focus, less stress, more success at work, and more joy in my personal life. That’s what awaits you too: more joy.

Instead of not having enough time to meditate, I found that meditation gave me more time in my busy life by giving me clarity to make quick decisions, clearing the clutter of unimportant obligations.

Here is one way to start your new lifelong meditation practice:

Things you’ll need: yoga mat or pillow, timer or alarm, a quiet space, or earplugs.

Your steps:

1.	Find a quiet spot in your house or at work in your office, or create one with ear plugs.

2.	Use a stopwatch or set an alarm for 2 minutes or more if you can. Start with less than 5 minutes the first time until you gain comfort with your meditation.

3.	Create a comfortable place on the floor with either a yoga mat, perhaps folded over for more cushioning, or use a pillow.

4.	Sit with either your ankles tucked under you, or in the cross-legged Buddha position. Place your hands on top of each other, palms up.

5.	Once comfortable, start your timer or alarm for counting down the 2, 3, 4, or 5 minutes for your first meditation.

6.	Close your eyes.

7.	Breathe in through your nose and expand your belly instead of your lungs. This is called diaphragm breathing and is a more relaxing form of breathing than expanding your rib cage like most of us do naturally.  Hold your breath for 10 seconds.

8.	Say to yourself in your head "Relax" over and over as you slowly release your breath for 10 seconds.

9.	Repeat this process of breathing in, holding, relaxing and releasing three times.

10.	Now with your body and mind more relaxed, begin visualizing your perfect day, from the moment you awake until you go to bed. See it through your own eyes as though you are actually doing it. Whether you want to be helping children as doctor, or be a singer, a famous writer, an inventor - see it happening through your own eyes. Continue this until the alarm rings.

Congratulations!! You have just started down the road to an All You Desire. Do your meditation daily. I find that morning and evening work better. Keep adding minutes to your meditation until you reach 10 minutes. Watch as your world soon becomes what you have imagined it could be.

I figured I wanted to sing in front of thousands of people. I’ve never sung in front of an audience before! After several weeks of meditation, I found myself in the choir. Then I found out that we had been selected to perform in an international competition. Finally, the choir had selected me to sing in the front row!

Over 7,000 people were in the audience as we sang for them, with me in the front row.

Meditation works!!