text: many of us are slaves to our minds our own mind is our worst enemy we try to focus and our mind wanders off we try to keep stress at bay but anxiety keeps us awake at night we try to be good to the people we love but then we forget them and put ourselves first and when we want to change our life we dive into spiritual practice and expect quick results only to lose focus after the honeymoon has worn off we return to our state of bewilderment we re left feeling helpless and discouraged it seems we all agree that training the body through exercise diet and relaxation is a good idea but why don t we think about training our minds