Today’s Solutions: December 17, 2025

Maybe hacking your meditation practice with high-tech programs and devices also is the ultimate irony, but can they really be time savers? A brain-trainer? I tested three systems that promised to deliver more quickly the effects of meditation. As they say about traditional meditation, you don’t feel the benefits while you’re sitting but throughout your day. Was I calmer, more present, focused? Perhaps. Each device allowed me the freedom and lack of interruptions to reach a…

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