Formal meditation and I have a very on-again, off-again relationship.

That is, on any given week, I may be seated with a pillow beneath me, breathing with my eyes closed, or I haven't meditated in weeks and I hate even the thought of it.

“I swear by the one-minute rule. 60 seconds of breathing and nothing else. Once in the morning. Once in the evening. One minute. That’s it.”

I know meditation is good for me. I used to promote the two-minute rule, but then even that got too crazy, so now I swear by the one-minute rule. 60 seconds of breathing and nothing else. Once in the morning. Once in the evening.

One minute. That's it.

I do it in the car. I do it on the train. I do it in my home. Wherever I am when those reminders in my phone pops up at 7:10AM and 7:00PM and I read "Meditate"- I meditate.

“Art itself is a form of active meditation. In the same way that yoga and dance and lovemaking can be meditative, so, too, is art... Creating art is my primary meditation. ”

Some formalists may argue that sixty seconds is not enough time for formal meditation. They're wrong, because I know from experience that sixty seconds is better than nothing.

Formal meditation aside, important to mention is the fact that art itself is a form of active meditation. In the same way that yoga and dance and lovemaking can be meditative, so, too, is art.

Much like yoga, art is a method by which some people are able to sync their mind, spirits and body into one single act. I am one of them.

So creating art is my primary meditation.

My secondary meditation is 60 seconds of breathing twice a day.

TRISHA WILES