hello

I just wanted to share a positive post about my improvement in my favourite sport Badminton. I've been practicing NSR since March 2007 and it has had a profound effect on all areas of my life, including my presence at my local Badminton club. I am not a very social person but I have noticed the effects first hand being one of the dominant players there both socially and in a way scientifically my calm and now more powerful self has made an impact on the whole badminton club experience for everyone. Due to my talent and clearly apparent development at club through NSR and of course regular exercise, I feel important to this small community of players. Members are pushing themselves harder and I feel profoundly significant that I am pushing them up further. I do feel shy though in offering answers to fellow members about this development. In a quiet way I feel like a representative because I am having an influence, which people find curious, in a good way! I am interested in what David thinks about this, as I would like to act accordingly, it goes without saying that NSR is something precious to us that should not be spoken about in a trivial-surface way, but at the same time I would not want to keep it to myself, I find myself in a position where people are interested.

Like I say I just wanted to share this experience as I think it is very positive indeed and if you don't mind me mentioning David Lynch and his Peace campaign, situations like this within communities are important for society and beyond.

Peace

Kerry

Kerry,

Thank you for your report. I have added a slightly edited version to my testimonials page.

To answer your question, some folks are very responsive to an impromtu presentation on NSR Meditation, while others are cynical or annoyed because so many products and services are advertised as being helpful when they actually do nothing other than offering a placebo effect. Magnetic bracelets that one wears on the wrist come to mind.

I am asked all the time about why I look and act so young for a man of age 62. I know that living without the accumulation of stress is a big factor, but I've learned that it's usually best to downplay the role of meditation.

In my experience, the best way to handle such an inquiry is with a simple statement like "well, I practice NSR Meditation; I find it helpful." Then, if they are curious and want to know more, all you have to do is give short answers to their questions. If you find it difficult to describe what you do when you meditate (since it is a subtle technique that takes a certain amount of instruction to get right), all you have to do is refer them to the website, www.nsrusa.org.

David Spector
NSR Meditation/USA

I agree with David. This is a very delicate matter. If you say just one sentence too much it can result in the other person's putting their shutters up and wishing they hadn't entertained the subject.

Fortunately the name Natural Stress Relief allows one to answer any questions in down-to-earth vocabulary, without having to explain "meditation" and all that such a term might evoke in someone's mind. I've found too that when one promotes something like meditation and how it has improved one's own life experience, people are quick to find some aspect in your life that shows that you are not perfect, and that this 'thing' you do doesn't work all that well. Somehow, improving one's own life - compared with how it was before - gets interpreted to mean you're saying you're better than others. And that makes you, and also what you stand for, fair game.

When it comes to evangelism with TM, for example, I've been there and done that. It's sometimes hard not to talk enthusiastically about it. But in my own experience, those who will learn the technique will learn it, and those who won't learn, won't, no matter how much one tells them how good it is. All one can really do is answer any questions, and stop at that, without taking the gap to give more than what is asked. Then, as David says, if someone shows real interest, give them the NSR URL and let THEM take the action to find out more about it.

As a my friend always says: LIM -- Less Is More.

Gavin, TM meditator
Cape Town

Thank you David and Gavin, I will take your advice on board.

Talking in terms of "Stress Relief" has helped my family show less resistance to my beginning this technique.