You may have noticed that I have posted various articles and podcasts about meditation, and that’s generated some interesting conversations with people, many who I have known for many years and some who are very good friends.

Some people, I am sure, think that I’ve gone over to the ‘dark side’ as they see meditation and mindfulness as some form of ‘weird’ spirituality thing.

Others think that I have possibly gone soft, but none of that could be further from the truth.

The truth is that meditation is a discipline that takes regular and committed practice and like any other discipline you practice regularly, the more you do it the more it will be there for you when you need it.

In short, mindfulness meditation is training for the brain.

And if you think it’s easy, try this. Try to sit quietly and think of nothing but your breath for 20 minutes and you'll soon realise that after a minute a distracting thought will enter your mind.

Many of you listening to this or reading this will go to the gym regularly and you do so because you want to get fitter, lose weight or realise the benefits of physical activity for your mental health.

But what’s the point of having a great body or being physically fitter if you don’t look after your mind.

To me that’s the equivalent of ensuring that your car's bodywork is spotless and clean, but not caring for the engine.

Training our brain has major benefits.

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