When I lead group meditation, I often ask those present: what is meditation? There are always as many answers as there are people present. It's not an easy word to define in any one way. That's why I like this answer from neuroscientist Wendy Hasenkamp, Ph.D., science director at the Mind & Life Institute and visiting professor of contemplative sciences at the University of Virginia,
“Meditation is generally used as a broad umbrella term that covers a wide array of contemplative practices, many of which are drawn from Buddhist traditions but have often been adapted and secularized for application in Western society,” [It is] a broad set of practices that seek to use the mind in specific, intentional ways.”
“Meditation is generally used as a broad umbrella term that covers a wide array of contemplative practices, many of which are drawn from Buddhist traditions but have often been adapted and secularized for application in Western society,” [It is] a broad set of practices that seek to use the mind in specific, intentional ways.”
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