I also had some false starts with meditation and didn’t “get it” until I found good resources on mindfulness/Vipassana. I used the “Waking Up” app (not free bu

I also had some false starts with meditation and didn’t “get it” until I found good resources on mindfulness/Vipassana. I used the “Waking Up” app (not free but has a 30 day thing that’ll get you through the introductory course), and it was as if the content was targeted at people who’ve tried and didn’t get it. Mantras are not the focus. There are many types of meditation, but the kind getting all of the attention in studies (for good reason) is the mindfulness variety. The reason Yoga suddenly clicked for me was that I brought the mindset from meditation into the Yoga practice. Exercise (cycling and long walks) is always beneficial, but my body awareness increased so drastically with Yoga that I feel like a different person. That may have more to do with my history of dissociative tendencies, but I do think there’s a connection between a good meditation practice and Yoga becoming something more than just exercise. It becomes an entry to flow.