Meditation for traders can be something that is easy to dismiss. It may seem like some “woo-woo” stuff that hippies try to get you to do before you take LSD.<\/p>\n
But it actually has a lot of benefits.<\/p>\n
This has been scientifically proven.<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, both<\/em>\u00a0LSD<\/a> and meditation.<\/p>\n But since meditation is legal and LSD isn't, let's focus on meditation…<\/p>\n I have personally found meditation very useful in helping me become a better trader<\/a>.<\/p>\n I think that there are some misconceptions about why meditation is valuable to traders<\/a>.<\/p>\n So in this post, I'll give you my personal reasons as to why I think meditation is transformational, then I'll show you an infographic that will point you to scientific studies that have shown the benefits of meditation.<\/strong><\/p>\n You may think that meditation quiets your mind and gives you a big epiphany at some point, if you do it long enough.<\/p>\n But that's not really how it works.<\/p>\n At least in my experience…<\/p>\n To me, this is the real value of meditation:<\/p>\n The real value of meditation is you are more aware of what you are doing, allowing you to make positive changes.<\/strong><\/p>\n But there are so many more benefits.<\/em><\/p>\n How can you tell if you have a good meditation session?<\/p>\n Well, it isn't always when you feel the most calm.<\/p>\n Sometimes the best sessions are ones where you are working through stuff and it feels like a storm.<\/p>\n But calmness\u00a0does help. One way that you can measure this is with the Muse headband<\/a>.<\/p>\n The free app that they provide is very rudimentary, but it does give you an idea of how calm your mind was during your meditation.<\/p>\n If you know anything about\u00a0meditation, you know that it's not\u00a0the calmness that matters, but it is the frequency that your brain is in.<\/p>\n Here are two meditation sessions that I recorded with Muse.<\/p>\n I'll write more about specific frequencies (and how to measure them) in a later blog post.<\/p>\nThe Real Value of Meditation for Traders<\/h2>\n
Meditation in Action<\/h2>\n
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