What is the Most Effective Meditation Technique for High Stress Professionals? (A Must Read!)
- Brisbane Meditation
- Sep 6, 2023
- 4 min read
Updated: Jan 2
Having a high stress job can be difficult enough to manage as it is, but if you're also struggling to maintain a work-life balance whilst juggling the responsibilities of a growing family, it can be even worse.
You've probably heard of the benefits of meditation for stress, but you don't know where to start and what stress relief technique is going to be good for you.
Don't worry, we've got you covered.
We will discuss the benefits of meditation and the different techniques and their effectiveness.
Chronic Stress in High Pressure Jobs
Stress is a silent killer and it is on the rise.
When the fight or flight response is triggered in your body and mind, it produces cortisol, which in high doses is toxic to the body and shortens your lifespan.
Fight or flight is a necessary response under the right conditions, but when we're stuck in a traffic jam, or are struggling to finish a work task - is it worth killing yourself for?
Some of the issues created by chronic stress are:
High blood pressure (leading to issues in your arteries)
Changes in the brain contributing to conditions like anxiety, depression, and sometimes even addiction,
Issues with eating
Difficulty with sleep
Science Backed Benefits of Meditation
It's a good idea to know why meditation is so powerful, to anchor you in a strong reason "why".
Here are just some of the benefits meditation can help with:
Reduce your stress
Improve your focus
Improve your overall well-being
Increase your lifespan (stress is linked to the lifespan of telomeres)
If you have a young family or are planning to start one, the benefits of meditation can be really profound on your overall work-life balance. This can have a big impact on the wellbeing of your children.
If you really want to super charge your wellbeing, meditation is not the only thing that's recommended. Studies show that to get the most out of your wellbeing, you should eat a vegetable based diet, regularly exercise, practice yoga, as well as meditate!
It's all about a holistic approach.
If you want to learn more on the science behind stress and meditation you can check out our more in depth article here.
Meditation Technique for High Stress Professionals
Just like exercise, meditation has many different techniques.
From breathing, mindfulness, sound, transcendental - just to name a few. We have an in depth analysis of the different techniques in our article here.
But to summarize it for you, meditation techniques for high stress professionals is about what is happening in your mind and your body, and there's 2 major categories.
1) Filling something into your mind to elicit a response (mindfulness, breathing, sound, transcendental meditations)
2) Clearing the root cause from your mind to create lasting change (our discarding meditation technique)
Filling your mind will give you a sensation whilst meditating, but it tends to only last whilst you're meditating and can be very limited in your day to day work and life.
Clearing from your mind with discarding meditation, noy only makes you feel good whilst meditating, it also creates a permanent change as it rewires your brain, giving the benefits of a stress free mind, even during stressful situations in your day to day work and life.
With discarding meditation, it might take longer to "feel" the benefits, but the effects are long term and sustainable, so it actually ends up being faster (97.7% of meditators reported a reduction in stress in just 3 months of meditating!).
Getting Started and the Challenges You'll Face
The biggest challenge you'll face is time, and just starting (especially if you have a busy schedule). So what you will need most is high flexibility, and this is exactly what we offer!
No meditation centre in Brisbane has the level of flexibility we offer:
We're open 7 days a week
9am - 10pm Monday to Saturday
9am - 4pm on Sunday
In person and online guided meditation classes all throughout the day
This means that not only can you come to our peaceful Brisbane Meditation centre and be guided in person, you can also do it on your lunch breaks with the simplicity of your phone. All our classes are guided by a live meditation instructor - so you're always getting support and at the convenience of your own schedule!
You can think of us like a personal trainer for your mind - we will help you maintain consistency and develop your schedule around meditation.
Personal Success Stories
As an architect myself who used to run my own business, this was an absolutely invaluable tool, especially given I started a business straight out of university.
Many people said I was crazy, but my capacity to handle the stress was benefited by my meditation practice. There were things I didn't know about running a business, but never the less, thanks to meditation, I was able to just do everything I needed at the right time.
You can also hear about Mumbi's story as a lawyer and a single mother of 2 children. She's found this to be an amazing meditation technique for her high stress professional and personal life.
Conclusion
It can be difficult to manage your life as a high stress professional, let alone with a young family. But in the end, it comes down to priorities, and so I want to ask - do you want to live with chronic stress, knowing how it effects your work life, family life, your body, your mind and how it shortens your lifespan?
Practicing the right meditation technique is the most important thing for your mind. The meditation technique we teach at Brisbane Meditation is created to fit around your schedule and offer you long term changes at maximum convenience.
If you're interested in joining, you can become a member and start right away.
Great post Steven, such valuable insight!!