Thursday, July 31, 2014

Emily Fletcher - Why Meditation is the New Caffeine (Google Talks)


Emily Fletcher is the founder of Ziva Meditation and the creator of zivaMIND, the first online meditation training program. She spoke recently at Google.

Emily Fletcher, Why Meditation is the New Caffeine

Published on Jul 30, 2014


Emily Fletcher, one of the world's leading experts on meditation, will explain the differences between the two most popular styles of meditation, how they affect the brain differently and the impact of stress on performance. Emily will also lead you through a simple breathing technique and guided visualization that will help balance the right and left sides of the brain.

This talk will cover:
  • How the fight or flight reaction can work for you or against you
  • Why emotional intelligence is so important for not only personal happiness, but professional success and how anyone can learn it
  • How to not let goals get in the way of success

About the Speaker:

Emily Fletcher is the founder of Ziva Meditation and the creator of zivaMIND, the first online meditation training program. She began her meditation training in Rishikesh, India and was inspired to become a meditation teacher after experiencing the profound physical and mental benefits it provided her during her 10-year career on Broadway, which included roles in Chicago, The Producers, A Chorus Line, and many others.

With her high performance background and eight years of meditation experience, Emily is perfectly suited to teach busy people how to incorporate this simple and effective practice into their lives. Emily has taught meditation to a wide range of individuals and companies including Coca Cola, Relativity Media, Colbeck Capitol, Ogilvy & Mather and in public schools in the Bronx. She is a regular guest on Huffington Post LIVE and has been a speaker on the Dr. Lisa show and with Eckhart Tolle at the Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment.

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