Modern life's fast-paced and demanding nature leaves many people feeling stressed and overworked. This often leads to unhappiness, impatience, and frustration, and can even affect one's health. Despite being busy, taking the time to meditate can actually create more time by calming and focusing the mind. Practicing a ten or fifteen minute breathing meditation, as described below, can help in overcoming stress and finding inner peace and balance.

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​Meditation not only brings inner peace and balance but also helps in understanding our minds. Through meditation, we can transform our negative thoughts to positive ones, disturbed states to peaceful ones, and unhappy emotions to happy ones. Buddhist tradition offers transforming meditations that aim at cultivating constructive thoughts and overcoming negativity. These meditative practices can be incorporated into daily life, extending beyond seated meditation. They are a profound spiritual practice that can be enjoyed throughout the day.