What Is Meditation: Its Origins, Benefits, & Practical Tips

The useful part

As a student of positive psychology, I could rattle off a list of its benefits, tell you about its origins, and name-drop the most influential voices in meditation. I still wasn't practicing it regularly, and I always felt like I was doing it wrong. All of my "wrong" meditation practices were necessary steps for me to figure out what worked for me.

How it works

• When you carve time out to meditate, there is no "right" or "wrong"—only the path you are charting to a more meaningful relationship with stillness.
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• These engaging, science-based exercises will help you effectively deal with difficult circumstances and give you tools to improve your resilience.

Details worth keeping

It took nearly a decade of knowing about meditation for me to embrace it.