To the Editor:Re “The Case for Doing Nothing,” by Olga Mecking (Smarter Living, nytimes.com, April 29) , about “the benefits of idleness”:There are times, during the college classes I teach and when working as a psychotherapist, that I ask people to sit still for three minutes and focus on their breath. I often don’t call it “meditation,” since some people are a bit fearful of that. Most people resist at first, but then to their surprise they feel as if they just gave their mind a mini vacation. I have found personally that the more of these “mini vacations” I can fit in, the better equipped I am to handle any stress in my day. Beth RosenBronx

Source: New York Times May 05, 2019 17:33 UTC