I've often read of the benefits of meditation, and I don't doubt many find it helpful.
But do the benefits apply to people who are naturally calm and not tense? An often a cited benefit is feeling calm and being able to let go of tension and anxiety, and having a clarity of thought. But I rarely feel tense/anxious so the investment of time has never been attractive to me.
"Just relax". For me, this was the single most useless piece of meditative advice I ever heard, and everyone parrots it. I thought I was relaxed. But then periodically over time I'd discover "oh, my neck has just relaxed", "oh, my breathing diaphragm has relaxed", etc. Then I'd fight to recreate the relaxation in another session and had literally no idea how to relax before meditating to counter the stresses of daily life. I tried body scans, alternately tensing and relaxing muscle groups - nothing worked for me.
Having recently been able to become truly, deeply relaxed by actually learning how to breathe correctly (right into the pelvic floor) it's miles away from just not feeling obviously tense in my daily life. My breathing rate drops to a crawl (I inhale, hold without strain for around 2 minutes then exhale and naturally hold air outside for a minute or two). The whole body tingles with relaxation. The effects are truly noticable.
> But do the benefits apply to people who are naturally calm and not tense?
As a Type B personality myself, I would say "definitely".
But do the benefits apply to people who are naturally calm and not tense? An often a cited benefit is feeling calm and being able to let go of tension and anxiety, and having a clarity of thought. But I rarely feel tense/anxious so the investment of time has never been attractive to me.