Mind-Body Medicine: Meditation

What is Meditation?
Do you chat with yourself in your mind as you move from one task to the next all day? Do you replay a past talk, worry, think about your finances, or long for a vacation? While we are having these chats with ourselves, our focus is split. We aren't fully paying attention to the moment when we think about the past or future. Meditation is a technique to stop the chatter and quiet the body and mind.

When you hear the word "meditation," you might picture someone sitting cross-legged on a floor pillow, and wonder how you could sit that way. Most of us are not that flexible—and we start finding more comfortable ways to sit—on a chair or stool. Some people find they enjoy walking meditation.