Speaker - June 2017

As speakers, we are privileged to be part of a unique profession that gives us a good eal of freedom and even adventure. But there’s also stress. The up-and-down cycle of bookings, marketing, balancing work and family time, research, material development and maintaining client relationships are just a few of the pressures inherent in our speaking businesses. If your attempts at balancing the demands of work and personal life haven’t yielded the results you want, here’s something you may want to work into your schedule: meditation.

We’ve all heard of meditation practice (often simply called sitting), but sometimes it might seem a bit “out there” to take too seriously.

That was the case for NSA member Jerry Teplitz, CSP, whose journey into meditation began in

1971 while he was living
in Chicago. Some of his friends were
exploring yoga and meditation,
practices that were considered
strange and esoteric at the time. If
you’ve ever considered trying some-
thing you were both curious and skep-
tical about, that was Jerry’s mindset. As
an attorney, and being unfamiliar with
meditation, he was initially a bit
unsure, but he decided to experiment.

From Practice to Practitioner

With Teplitz’s sitting practice now
spanning over four decades, he assures
that not only can a regular meditation
practice give you more energy,
reduce stress and increase your
creativity, it will give you a
greater sense of control over
your actions or reactions to
what goes on inside you and
around you.
To learn more about
sitting, Teplitz attended
a course on Transcen-
dental Meditation (TM),
the most
“popular”
form of
meditation
at the time.