Jaimal Yogis on Mindfulness, Meditation, and Riding Emotional Waves

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Mindfulness, Meditation, and Riding Emotional Waves

Do you ever get hijacked by anger or fear?

Do you feel guilty when you try to make time for something other than work or family?

And what exactly is mindfulness, and how can meditation help us become more emotionally resilient?

Jaimal Yogis has written quite a few books on mindfulness, meditation, and how it all relates to our emotional world. He’s got a new kids’ book called Mop Rides the Waves of Life, but the lessons within are something we could all benefit from. Today, he and I talk about fatherhood plus how meditation impacts the way we experience fear and anger.

In this interview:

Mindfulness and meditation
Fatherhood: “A part of me just died.”
The grumpy dad – losing what has us feel alive
Waiting until everything’s done before doing what feeds us
Self worth being tied to working hard or being busy

Plus:

Why fear is never satisfied
What is mindfulness?
Buddhists and “the second arrow”
The TV show that’s constantly playing in your mind
The difference between meditation and flow state activities

And:

Why fear is going to get the best of us from time to time
Trying to escape fear and vulnerability for good
Using meditation to try to outrun our problems
The fear of getting stuck in our emotions
Riding waves of emotion vs running away from them

Be sure to check out Jaimal Yogis’s new book for kids called Mop Rides the Waves of Life on Amazon, your favorite bookstore, or at your local library.

About Jaimal Yogis

Jaimal Yogis is an award-winning writer and frequent speaker. His three coming-of-age / journalistic memoirs – Saltwater Buddha, The Fear Project, and All Our Waves Are Water – have been internationally praised and translated into numerous languages. Jaimal’s first children’s picture book, Mop Rides the Waves of Life, is out June 30th, the first in a series. His middle grade graphic novel series, City of Dragons– co-created with artist Vivian Truong – will be released from Scholastic in 2021. A graduate of Columbia Journalism school, Jaimal has also written screenplays and his journalism has appeared in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, ESPN Magazine, and many others. A frequent TV and media guest, Jaimal also speaks regularly at grade schools, universities, and businesses. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, Amy DuRoss, and their three sons.