Life in today’s world is stressful. People are anxious about their health, their finances, their relationships, their safety and their work. Doctors and medical practitioners are promoting the benefits of meditation to relieve stress and anxiety. By sitting in meditation, we can calm the body and the mind. We can slow our brain waves to states of relaxation. When we are in a state of physical and mental calmness, we can make better decisions. Once we connect to a place of happiness and peace within us, we experience a reduction in our anxiety. Through meditation we can cope with the stresses of life. Meditation helps us replace anxiety with joy and peace. Join Ankaj Goel, long time meditator, for this informative lecture and short meditation sitting.

Ankaj Goel is a Director of Quality Assurance in the Healthcare Industry and has many years of experience in problem solving and quality assurance. He has an extensive background in leading teams and working in complex architecture that runs on multiple technologies and platforms. He currently develops test strategies for applications and data products. Ankaj was educated as a mechanical engineer. He has been meditating for over 15 years and is very impressed with the results he has experienced personally.  For the past 10 years Ankaj has been conducting meditation workshops where he discusses the benefits of meditation and how to incorporate this practice into one's daily routine. In his presentations Ankaj explores how meditating regularly can help us physically, mentally and spiritually. He also leads meditation programs at his work as part of a Wellness club where he is teaching meditation as a tool to reduce stress and bring sanity in the current stressful corporate environment. Ankaj also teaches teenagers in the community about how beneficial meditation is by including this practice into their daily lives. He is married and has a son.

The program will be held in person at the Meeting Room on the first floor of the main library in Franklin. All library programs are free and open to the public. 

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