4min chapter

Focused cover image

119: Productivity & Meditation, with Chris Bailey

Focused

CHAPTER

Is Meditation a Spiritual Practice?

Meditation isn't, doesn't have to be a spiritual practice. You're just noticing your breath, right? What's religious about that is just a that that helps us train our minds. Because if we can focus on our breath, we canfocus on anythingtas that's precisely the point of meditation. It's just being present with one thing that's hopefully pretty boring, so your mind will wander and you can train it in that fashion.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode