I'm not sure why, but there are a few questions that really irritate me.
One of them is "Do you meditate?". Interestingly, so many people ask me this question!!
I feel like it's become a requirement for being a balanced healthy person. After Steve Jobs and the Hollywood stars made it a popular thing, it seems like it's a must to be creative. For those who do it, good for you! But please don't suggest to me that I need it.
I'm in a lucky position where I love my work and I have a fairly healthy body, and I don't live in a dangerous environment. Practicing Bach, Rachmaninoff, and just working on the piano is meditative. Having a really nice cup of tea or eating a really nice meal is meditative. Walking through nature, or just appreciating the trees and flowers in a residential area or watching children being totally carefree is meditative. Just seeing the moon when I get out of the station quite late after work and following it on my walk back home in quietness is meditative. We have all these beautiful and wonderful things around us which are inpsiring in our everyday lives. Just taking time to appreciate them, to live in the moment, and to be in awe of them, is to me much more meaningful than sitting with my eyes closed and trying to be still to "find myself".
I'd rather be working on my Rachmaninoff. I feel balanced, energized, inspired and happy after a good practice.