I read an article about the US Marines’ meditation program and got very interested if there was anything like this in Russia. Thus I met Anastasia and got into her Executive program. This mindfulness course became a door into a whole new world to me, an opportunity to improve myself. I became more composed in my communication with people at work and at home. I learned how to really LISTEN, to separate words from emotions. I was a bit confused when we were offered to practice Loving kindness meditation, but to my surprise, I later discovered that during the tough negotiations, this practice was more useful than the NLP techniques I used to study.