{"id":37770,"date":"2026-03-20T07:21:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=37770"},"modified":"2026-03-20T07:21:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:21:46","slug":"how-to-meditate-find-the-type-that-suits-you-and-dont-expect-enlightenment-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=37770","title":{"rendered":"How to meditate? Find the type that suits you and don\u2019t expect enlightenment, experts say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/03\/19\/fb654151-65ec-4d3e-9944-2fef363c559d_701bd911.jpg?itok=MDzPEpNK&amp;v=1773894945\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Meditation is widely seen as an effective way to reduce stress, focus your mind and manage symptoms of some health conditions, among other things.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">All you have to do is sit quietly, close your eyes and be suffused with inner calm, right?<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Well, not quite. Two experts explain how to get off to a good start, though, and why almost everyone can benefit from meditation and its cousin, mindfulness.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Meditation is an ancient practice of focusing one\u2019s attention on the present moment to achieve a state of mental clarity, emotional calmness and physical relaxation. It has its roots in the religious and secular traditions of various cultures and has been practised for thousands of years.<\/p>\n<h3 type=\"h3\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"eh0yk8h0 css-17x7qa9 e1pqa4re1\">Anyone can do it<\/h3>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">While the theory of meditation is complex, basically anyone can learn how to practise it. All you need is \u201ccuriosity and interest in getting involved with it\u201d, says Steffen Brandt, a psychotherapist and yoga and meditation instructor. Having a spiritual bent is not necessary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3347114\/how-meditate-find-type-suits-you-and-dont-expect-enlightenment-experts-say?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meditation is widely seen as an effective way to reduce stress, focus your mind and manage symptoms of some health conditions, among other things. All&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[525,18568,946,377,803,18567,3870,6702],"class_list":["post-37770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-dont","tag-enlightenment","tag-expect","tag-experts","tag-find","tag-meditate","tag-suits","tag-type","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}