Mindfulness meditation is not the same as relaxation. Observing your mind and it’s responses to your days over and over can show you you aren’t resting enough a

Mindfulness meditation is not the same as relaxation. Observing your mind and it’s responses to your days over and over can show you you aren’t resting enough and can enable you to stay calm when maybe your habit is to get worked up (tho it can also show you times you need to stay involved rather than shutting down) but it is in no way equivalent to a slow walk around a pond or playing a vid game for a whole day or sleeping late and rereading a favorite old book and then napping and then wasting a lot of time and ending up with some ice cream. Mindfulness takes a bit of effort mostly. Relaxing is stopping the effort for a bit. Both might be parts of a fulfilling life.