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redditalieno t1_irvvs6b wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Meditation may protect older people against Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia. Researchers found meditation was superior to non-native language training on changing a global composite score and two of its subscores reflecting attention regulation and socio-emotional capacities by Wagamaga

> Meditation is meant to train your mind to focus and concentrate

That's debatable. There are several types of meditation where focusing is not the point, see Shikantaza and Vipassana.

But sticking to it when you really don't feel like it? Absolutely. Otherwise it's hard to see how you can get it into your routine (and that goes for exercise and just about any other healthy behaviour) or even complete one sitting, where negative feelings are bound to arise. In my experience, that might occasionally include "white-knuckling" it. At least this is how I made it work for me daily for 14 years.

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