Over the past forty years or so, worry, anxiety, stress, and depression have skyrocketed in Western society. Alongside this rise, the popularity of meditation has grown and flourished — and today it is a multi-billion-dollar industry.
Everyone is meditating — from high-performing executives and elite athletes to schoolchildren, office workers, and hospital patients, all trying to cope with modern life. But meditation was never meant to be reduced to a coping mechanism, like a sedative to get through the day.
