If you’ve tried meditation and found it didn’t work for you, it may be that what you practiced was more of a relaxation exercise instead of a true, traditional meditation, according to Deborah Collins-Perrica, a board-certified psychiatric clinical nurse specialist in Hartford, Connecticut.
Traditional meditation has mind, body, and spiritual requirements.
Traditional Meditation Is the Real Meditation
“Meditation isn’t just sitting there and relaxing,” Collins-Perrica told The Epoch Times. “The real, traditional meditations were always originally based in religion, where there was a moral fiber to it.”
For example, most traditional meditations in the Buddhist tradition require one to follow the principles of being a good person, letting go of wants and longings, and having a more open and free mind….