The other day, my sister Vicki told me about this amazing short video she had recently viewed by Dr. Deepak Chopra on meditation techniques and how easy it is to meditate and instantly feel relaxed and refreshed. Numerous scientific studies show meditation is one of the best ways to relax your mind and body and enable you to counter the effects of stress. I decided to go to YouTube to watch some of his techniques and to get a sense of why his approach worked so well for my sister and hoping it would have the same effect on me. What I learned from having watched 4 videos was that our minds’ natural state is one of silence. My favorite technique video was from a segment that Dr. Chopra did on the Dr. Oz show. It worked immediately for me. The technique:  Dr.Chopra recommends sitting upright on a chair with a back rest making a conscious…