Welcome to episode 86 with Jimmy Wightman, a meditation teacher and the founder of Delve Deep Meditation School.
He began his journey in to meditation while searching for something to help with chronic insomnia that he started to experience when his party lifestyle caught up with him.
This journey has taken him around the world to study meditation in many different forms and becoming a meditation teacher.
In this episode, Jimmy takes me through his experiences with insomnia and describes how finding meditation had a huge different to his ability to sleep.
We chat about the benefits of building a regular practice and the science and philosophies behind the four main types of meditation.
We also chat about the science behind meditation and how it can help our mental state and we chat about the true meaning of happiness and what it means to be truly happy in life.
Meditation is a big part of self-care and can be very beneficial to mental wellbeing so it was awesome to learn all about it from Jimmy and get some ideas on how to get started.
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