A Meditation on Meditation

A couple years ago, I took a Masters-level course called Mindfulness and Positive Psychology.  Even though I was training to be a counselor, had been in therapy myself, and was a mental health advocate, I had never meditated before, or even attempted to do so. As someone dealing with moderate daily anxiety, I felt like I could never "succeed" at meditation or mindfulness. That class taught me how to usher clients into using meditation, how to use positive psychology in my practice, and that I was so very wrong about my ability and personal thoughts on mindfulness.