How Meditation Positively Impacts My Life- From the Perspective of a 12 Year Old

Article published on Chopra.com

Have you ever laid in bed exhausted with your mind racing with thoughts and you are unable to fall asleep? On top of it, you hear a little voice inside your head that tells you, you have to fall asleep NOW! Well, this used to happen to me all the time.

It started happening 3.5 years ago when I was 9. I had lots of thoughts on my mind that were keeping me awake. I was thinking about all of the conversations throughout my day. I had thoughts around feeling left out, the anticipation of schoolwork and upcoming tests, sports line up, friends, fighting with my sister, and more. The worst part was knowing desperately that I wanted to be sleeping and how tired I was, yet I couldn’t find a way to quiet my mind.