{"id":12396,"date":"2018-05-07T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/07\/the-effortless-mind\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T13:01:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T13:01:41","slug":"the-effortless-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/the-effortless-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Excerpt From The Effortless Mind: Will William\\&#8217;s Extraordinary First Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12396\" class=\"elementor elementor-12396\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b13b710 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b13b710\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f0ebe42\" data-id=\"7f0ebe42\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c0f8b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c0f8b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Excerpt-From-The-Effortless-Mind-Will-Williams-Extraordinary-First-Book-e1676897714246.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15948\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Excerpt-From-The-Effortless-Mind-Will-Williams-Extraordinary-First-Book-e1676897714246.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Excerpt-From-The-Effortless-Mind-Will-Williams-Extraordinary-First-Book-e1676897714246-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fbc83c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fbc83c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><div class=\"\\&quot;page\\&quot;\" title=\"\\&quot;Page\"><div class=\"\\&quot;layoutArea\\&quot;\"><div class=\"\\&quot;column\\&quot;\"><div class=\"\\&quot;page\\&quot;\" title=\"\\&quot;Page\"><div class=\"\\&quot;layoutArea\\&quot;\"><div class=\"\\&quot;column\\&quot;\"><p><em><a href=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_0737.jpg\\&quot;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\\&quot;alignright\" src=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_0737-225x300.jpg\\&quot;\" alt=\"\\&quot;Will\" width=\"\\&quot;310\\&quot;\" height=\"\\&quot;413\\&quot;\" \/><\/a>This is an excerpt from Will Williams first book, on a subject he struggled <\/em><em>with for several years: insomnia. You can order <a href=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Effortless-Mind-Meditation-Modern-World\/dp\/1471167909\\&quot;\">your copy here<\/a>, and explore the inspiring stories of Will himself, and the people he has taught, learning how Beeja meditation helped them face their personal demons to become healthier and happier people.<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-921e5e6 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"921e5e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/find-a-course\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-discourse\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Find an upcoming course<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bcc343 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bcc343\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\\&quot;page\\&quot;\" title=\"\\&quot;Page\"><div class=\"\\&quot;layoutArea\\&quot;\"><div class=\"\\&quot;column\\&quot;\"><div class=\"\\&quot;page\\&quot;\" title=\"\\&quot;Page\"><div class=\"\\&quot;layoutArea\\&quot;\"><div class=\"\\&quot;column\\&quot;\"><p>I had a vast amount of sympathy for David when he came to me suffering from insomnia. I know from my own experience how awful it can be not to be able to sleep, and how it seems to drag down every other part of your life.<\/p><p>David and I weren\u2019t unusual. Sleep deprivation is a huge issue these days. A hundred years ago we used to get around nine hours a night; now we\u2019re down to seven and a half. That simply isn\u2019t enough. Even more concerning, however, is the major decline in sleep quality, which is actually far more detrimental to our overall wellbeing. I\u2019ll talk about why in a moment, but first let\u2019s hear from David about what his lack of sleep meant for him.<\/p><p>DAVID<\/p><p><em>\u2018Being able to sleep felt like a miracle.\u2019<\/em><\/p><p>\u2018I\u2019m married, with two kids, and my business is in Russia. The past few years have been very stressful. There was a point when I could have lost everything, and I went to a very dark place. I felt a lot of stress, a lot of anxiety, and I panicked. Maybe when I was younger I\u2019d have thrived off all this, but as you get older, your body and mind aren\u2019t geared for it. Physically, the messages were crystal-clear \u2013 I had a horrific sleep disorder, and it had been going on for a year and a half.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"\\&quot;page\\&quot;\" title=\"\\&quot;Page\"><div class=\"\\&quot;layoutArea\\&quot;\"><div class=\"\\&quot;column\\&quot;\"><p>I could fall asleep, no problem, because I was knackered and living mostly on adrenaline, but then I\u2019d wake up and be bouncing off the walls. I\u2019d be in a semi-sleep, sort of half- awake, half asleep, with my mind just churning meaningless nonsense. On and on it would go, whirring all night long. If I did fall asleep, I\u2019d be met with anxiety dreams, which were about being chased or busting for a leak and not being able to find a loo. Stupid things \u2013 like being constantly late; or missing something. Sleep should be when you rest, but I found it so stressful that I actually began to dread going to bed.<\/p><p>I felt powerless, and that was just soul-destroying. Sometimes I\u2019d get up, go downstairs, sit in a chair and read, or I\u2019d wake up and take a sleeping pill. Every so often I\u2019d take one before I went to bed, because I was just too tired to deal with it. But sleeping pills aren\u2019t really a solution, not for the long term. You don\u2019t wake up after you\u2019ve taken them feeling in any way refreshed. And then at 6 o\u2019clock in the morning the kids would come in and I\u2019d have to get up and function again. It was so horrible to have to strain to interact with my children; I felt like my humanity was slipping away and I was becoming a zombie.<\/p><p>Every time I travelled for business, it was worse, because moving across time zones would totally finish me off. Sometimes I\u2019d wake up in the morning in some random hotel and I\u2019d just say: \u2018Sod this,\u2019 and stay in bed.<\/p><p>I tried everything, from hypnotherapy to a sleep doctor, who referred me to a clinic, where they tried to force anti- depressants on me. I thought:\u00a0No, I\u2019m not depressed. This isn\u2019t right.<\/p><p>I wasn\u2019t depressed; I was high-functioning, but short- tempered. I was getting through the days, but without sleep, you don\u2019t repair. And it had a very big knock-on effect on my confidence and on my ability to cope with stress. Suddenly I wasn\u2019t able to speak in public, which I have to do a lot, so I was really at my wits\u2019 end.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"\\&quot;page\\&quot;\" title=\"\\&quot;Page\"><div class=\"\\&quot;layoutArea\\&quot;\"><div class=\"\\&quot;column\\&quot;\"><p>After about a year of this, I was on an evening out and met a friend of a friend. I began to tell him about my sleep problem and he said: \u2018Let me stop you there. This is what you\u2019ve been through. This is how it started. This is what\u2019s happened. You\u2019ve been here. You\u2019ve tried that. That didn\u2019t work. And now you\u2019re taking sleeping pills every night.\u2019<\/p><p>He was a Beeja meditation teacher, based in Paris, and he told me he dealt with this sort of stuff all the time and that I should definitely go try it. When I went to see Will, he seemed remarkably confident that it would work. After all I\u2019d been through, I really couldn\u2019t believe it would be that easy.<\/p><p>Within forty-eight hours of learning to meditate, my sleep problem had vanished. It was that quick; it was that powerful. I was suddenly feeling relaxed and calm. Meditation seemed like a very natural thing to do, and I loved it.<\/p><p>Being able to sleep felt like a miracle. I felt so grateful. If I had to rate it, I\u2019d say my sleep pattern had been a two out of ten; meditation moved me to an eight. It had been agony before, and now I felt wonderful when I woke up in the morning.<\/p><p>I really feel as if I now have a tool for dealing with insomnia. There have been times since I started meditating when I\u2019ve had the odd night of sleeplessness, but then I\u2019m able to say: \u2018You know what? I\u2019ve got the solution to this.\u2019 So I sit up, meditate, and then go straight back to sleep.<\/p><p>I haven\u2019t had to do that now for months. I feel so relieved. I also know that even if I don\u2019t get enough sleep, I can get the rest and repair I need because I c<\/p><p>an meditate there and then, and once more in the morning to get myself refreshed. And that, of course, takes away the anxiety of not being able to sleep in the first place, so you go to bed more relaxed knowing you\u2019ve got all the solutions in your back pocket.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"\\&quot;page\\&quot;\" title=\"\\&quot;Page\"><div class=\"\\&quot;layoutArea\\&quot;\"><div class=\"\\&quot;column\\&quot;\"><p>Dealing with the sleep issue was the main positive effect of the meditation, but I use it as a tool for many other things now, especially for coping with stress and anxiety. I\u2019m a guy that\u2019s quite impatient, moving a hundred miles an hour the whole time, and so I struggle to stay in the moment. I\u2019m very aware of my limitations, and I\u2019m always wanting to improve as a father, a husband and as a businessman.<\/p><p>As a father, I can say that I\u2019m much more present. I feel those special moments with my kids a lot more, when you have a surge of overwhelming joy and it just hits you. Those moments of awareness have increased dramatically for me. I work from home, and if I\u2019ve had a hard day, sometimes I\u2019ll hear the kids come back from school and I want to run downstairs and see them. Now I stop myself and think: You know what, you can feel you\u2019re anxious; you can feel you\u2019re stressed \u2013 just go and meditate. Then, afterwards, I can go and see them and be really present and full of love for them.<\/p><p>If they come upstairs anyway and interrupt, you can easily get back into it, because it doesn\u2019t require any focus. The kids come in and I\u2019ll say: \u2018Dad\u2019s meditating. Just give me a minute,\u2019 and they\u2019ll go. It\u2019s very easy to roll back into.<\/p><p>My wife says I\u2019m a lot calmer, which is really nice to hear, and I\u2019m so glad she\u2019s getting to benefit from it too. One of our kids has just been diagnosed with ADHD, and that\u2019s a whole other ballgame of parental challenges, yet I feel like this is giving me the tools to help me deal with that. I very rarely get to boiling point now, which is a huge relief for everyone.<\/p><p>As for business \u2013 well, I\u2019m far more in tune with other people. I can read others a lot better, and that helps with business as well as my relationships with colleagues. I think it\u2019s about stepping back and not constantly looking about. That\u2019s the key: taking it down a notch. It\u2019s about connection; it\u2019s about presence. It\u2019s about being with<\/p><p>someone when you\u2019re with them. And when you feel yourself drifting, you\u2019re able to go: \u2018Now hang on a minute . . .\u2019 Meditating gives you a lot in terms of the enhancement of your connection with that person, and your emotional intelligence develops as well.<\/p><\/div><div><a href=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/the-effortless-mind-9781471167904_hr.jpg\\&quot;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\\&quot;wp-image-12407\" src=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/the-effortless-mind-9781471167904_hr-187x300.jpg\\&quot;\" alt=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" width=\"\\&quot;187\\&quot;\" height=\"\\&quot;300\\&quot;\" \/><\/a>There\u2019s so many of us suffering from all sorts of mental health problems in this crazy world we\u2019re living in. My sister\u2019s been suffering from depression for years, and going to see Will to learn the meditation has been the only thing that\u2019s helped her. She\u2019s now completely over it. I wish I could say the same for my contemporaries, gu<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"\\&quot;page\\&quot;\" title=\"\\&quot;Page\"><div class=\"\\&quot;layoutArea\\&quot;\"><div class=\"\\&quot;column\\&quot;\"><p>ys who are nearing their fifties. So many of them could use it. It\u2019s a very competitive world, and we\u2019re all suffering from these lifestyles that we\u2019ve created for ourselves.<\/p><p>It ebbs and flows, of course. It\u2019s not as if every meditation is amazing, but certainly after every meditation I can say: \u2018I needed that,\u2019 and be truly grateful I found it.<\/p><\/div><\/div><p>\u00a0<\/p><div class=\"\\&quot;layoutArea\\&quot;\"><p><em>The Effortless Mind is available on Amazon.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-391aa0e\" data-id=\"391aa0e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-558d412 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"558d412\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-68fc720\" data-id=\"68fc720\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfed1f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bfed1f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/beeja-text-logo.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-723\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/beeja-text-logo.png 474w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/beeja-text-logo-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab8018f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab8018f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Benefits of Beeja Meditation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c2f9a3 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"0c2f9a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Reduce stress and anxiety<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Greater clarity and calm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Increase focus<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Enhance relationships<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Sleep better<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Feel energised<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e32cac8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e32cac8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/blog-02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-901\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/blog-02.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/blog-02-150x300.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 This is an excerpt from Will Williams first book, on a subject he struggled with for several years: insomnia. 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