Our brains have a set point for our emotions; so if you are normally happy and something eventful/bad happens, causing depression, you will reset over several months to your normal emotional state.  This can be achieved faster with meditation.  Meditation may conjure up an image of a swami chanting "om" but it's defined as continued thought, reflection, and contemplation.  It's about being in the moment and shutting out unwanted thoughts for deep introspection.

There are 20 scientifically proven reasons to meditate, though we'll focus on a few.  The harsh winter left many of us edgy and bad tempered.  We're sweating over the small stuff that in the grand scheme of life, aren't worth the energy on getting mad about.  By incorporating this ancient practice, we can become happier, relaxed individuals who can think more clearly.  Focused thought helps alter our hormone levels--like lowering cortisol, the stress hormone.   

While you may think this all sounds good, but you'd rather de-stress in another manner, meditation has a positive snowball effect on our physiology as well.  It reduces/eliminates anxiety and depression, it reverses arteriosclerosis--hardening of arteries, boosts our immune system, prevents dementia, and makes us more intelligent.  All things that we may not/cannot feel are happening to our bodies, yet studies show all this to be true and reported by Psychology Today.  

Since we can't fully predict how we'll age, now would be a perfect time to invest in a proven method to make our aging easier.  Meditators have a bigger brain than non-meditators, slowing deterioration--the perpetrator of dementia.  Their intelligence is elevated because the prefrontal cortex is thicker and that's in charge of attention and control.  Part of the reason they also don't stress out as easily as others.   

When and where to meditate is up to you.  There is no wrong way to meditate if you feel better afterwards, so don't worry you aren't doing it correctly.  You need about 15 minutes, 6 days a week to get the benefits discussed.  Like any new activity, you will get better at it as you do it and if one method doesn't work there are others to try.  An easy one to get you started is the wisdom lotus Qigong method.   Some studies, for the discussed benefits, were based on 8 weeks and is a fair amount of time to try it.  After all, you have only good things to gain from it!   

Yoga Practice: Savasana    

 Inside Knee Spin Tutorial

This spin uses a basic grip or a one-handed grip.  Both legs come in front of the pole and you can land on your feet or bring it to the floor, so you will land in a "mermaid" position.  It's simple, pretty, and you can vary it by kicking your outside leg out, as demonstrated in this video.