text: meditation and sleep? how can meditation be more relaxing than sound sleep? i am told that 30 minutes of meditation is more relaxing than 6 hours of sound sleep. is there any scientific proof for this? has the level of relaxation been subjected to scientic test to evaluate and compare it during sleep and meditaion.  durign meditation, should one concentrate on something, like breathing, the things to do during the day,  etc or should one let the concentration wander? two different teachers gave condtradicting answers. meditation which is mentioned by you is reaching an advancedv stage where you go into depth . it needs personal supervision. since you go into some sort of autosuggestion it is more than sound sleep.  i do it and enjoy it but i would not venture to teach you over yahoo ansers. because initiation has to be thro some guru(master) it is worth the money you spend or study books on it watch any video clippins.practise pranayama deep breathing exercises then go in for meditation.