I had a very strong reaction when my first yoga teacher told me I should meditate, and it went something like this: “No thank you.” I chuckle at my resistance to it now, because I have a steady practice that’s literally changed my life for the better. But back then, I really struggled with sitting even for short periods of time. I tried meditation apps. I tried meditation challenges with friends, complete with (short-lived) commitments to text each other every day after we’d