India, Sept. 19 -- You may think meditation belongs to a particular religion or spiritual tradition. But you do not need to follow a religion to try it. Cleveland Clinic says meditation has roots in religious traditions, but people can also practice it in nonreligious ways.

A recent article by Cleveland Clinic describes meditation as a practice that can involve focusing your attention, working with your breath or concentrating on a word, phrase, image or physical sensation. That makes meditation accessible even if you do not consider yourself religious or spiritual.

No. Cleveland Clinic explains that meditation includes both religious and nonreligious forms. Buddhist, Christian, Sufi and Taoist traditions have their own meditation pract...