2 Minutes a Day, Twice a Day for Peak Performance with Brother Craig Marshall
At the end of your journey — when you ask yourself if your life had meaning — what do you believe the answer will be? Brother Craig Marshall joins the show to speak on the power of meditation and mindfulness to help you find the lifestyle you seek.
Tune in for an incredibly insightful conversation with a man who spent 35 years as a yoga monk, and the one-man David Poole calls his pocket Yoda. Get ready to take notes, but most of all, enjoy!
Introduction quote
“The way we do anything is the way we do everything. Wherever we go, we’re taking our little mindset with us, right? So meditation to me is an opportunity to reboot my consciousness, to go back to my core and really start coming from the deepest place inside myself.” — Brother Craig Marshall
Guest bio
Craig Marshall was a yoga monk for 35 years and has educated/mentored tens of thousands of people on “mindfulness.” Craig is an author, speaker, and coach. His unique experience addresses workplace challenges that include stress, overwhelm, communications, turnover, employee engagement & work-life-balance – ultimately enhancing the customer/member experience.
You can find out more about Craig Marshall on MindfulU
Key Takeaways
[1:00] David shares how he met today’s guest, Brother Craig, and invites him to share a little bit about his life experience and what led him to commit to a life of service after college, and how he found Yoga and Monkship.
[6:30] Brother Craig shares the moment he was called to service and the very rich experience that followed, even through the doubts!
[9:00] Unlearning may be the key, Brother Craig speaks to all of the classical meditation techniques that enabled this as well as the advances that NuCalm offers.
[11:35] Mastering meditation may seem elusive but giving it an honest try may well improve many more aspects of your life than you thought. Brother Craig offers practical tools and offers a two-minute guided meditation.
[22:08] Brother Craig shares when and how long you should meditate to get the greatest benefits from your practice, from meeting the right people to receiving the best opportunities.
[25:10] Fun and Easy… The lifestyle you want, where you are happy, relaxed, and open is within reach.
[27:26] Meditation and mindfulness are hugely different and Brother Craig explains the seven mindful living habits of the conscious professional.
- Awareness
- Purpose
- Leadership
- Community
- Creativity
- Change
- Communication skills
[30:12] David is moving into his midlife and asks Brother Craig to touch on the phenomenon of change and transition — what he calls the mid-life course correction touches on some deeply existential questions.
[33:55] The program for finding peace, love, and joy: combining NuCalm technology and MindfulU methodology!
[42:04] Q&A with the audience starts with Q1: What have the spiritual effects of COVID-19 been?
[45:39] Q2: For those of us looking to start a meditation practice, how do we begin?
[49:59] Q3: How do you use NuCalm, Brother Craig?
[54:26] Q4: A question from Brother Craig to David! What are the cumulative effects of NuCalm?
[55:23] Q5: Has Brother Craig’s time in the monastery helped him become more insightful or has he always been that way?
[1:00:26] Q6: Where does Brother Craig find inspiration today?
[1:04:13] Q7: Recommendations on how to use NuCalm?
[1:05:15] Q8: Would Brother Craig be averse to sharing some of Steve Jobs’ end-of-life insights?
[1:10:03] David thanks his good friend Brother Craig and signs off until the next episode.
Continue on your journey and until next time, breathe deep, relax and keep looking forward.
Mentioned in this episode
Books:
Future Shock, by Alvin Toffler
Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1, by Neale Donald Walsch
More about your host
Connect with David Poole — Chief Business Officer at NuCalm on LinkedIn
More about NuCalm and the podcast
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Pull quotes
“For me, having Brother Craig as a friend is like having a mini Yoda in your pocket!” — David Poole
“I was always looking for three things, Peace was number 1, Love was number 2 and Joy was the highest.” — Brother Craig Marshall
“I still feel like a kid in school, I’m an old man yet I feel excited! I’m around only dynamic people, cool people, no deadbeats!” — Brother Craig Marshall
“Hey, are you on track with your most meaningful goals? If the second half of your life is like the first half, are you going to be satisfied? What do you really want? Who are you?” — Brother Craig Marshall
“If meditation isn’t fun, it’s just another ‘should’ added to your list and it will undermine it from the get-go.” — Brother Craig Marshall
“If you can teach your kids to listen, question, and tell stories, you will completely change the course of their lives!” — Brother Craig Marshall
“The answers I come up with are only ever going to be as good as the questions I ask.” — Brother Craig Marshall
Tweet #1
Tune in for a two-minute guided meditation with the best of the best! Brother Craig shows how easy it can be: anyone can do it, there is no failure. This is NuCalm Episode 4 guest Brother Craig is the little Yoda everyone needs in their back pocket.
Tweet #2
The 7 Mindful Living Habits of the Conscious Professional are key to finding the life you want, take it from This is NuCalm Episode 4 guest Brother Craig who’s worked with Steve Jobs and George Harrison!