Are you trying too hard? We're often taught in life that the more effort we put in, the more we'll get out. It turns out meditation is the exception to that rule. In this animation, Headspace's co-founder, Andy Puddicombe, looks out how we can train our minds in the kind of relaxed effort that we need in order to meditate. Learning to meditate really does mean giving your mind a break.

If you enjoy this animation, and you'd like to learn how to meditate, you can get started for free, by downloading the Headspace app.

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Learn to meditate in a few minutes a day with the Headspace app. It delivers guided meditations based on teachings that Andy Puddicombe, Co-founder of Headspace, learned during the ten years he spent studying meditation and mindfulness in monasteries across Asia.

The first series, Basics, is completely free. As the name suggests, it will teach you the basics of meditation and mindfulness. After that, via subscription, Headspace offers hundreds of hours of guided meditations on subjects ranging from Stress to Sleep. Themed meditation packs are supported by a host of animations.

Along with daily meditations, Headspace also offers On-The-Go exercises for users short on time and SOS sessions to support subscribers in those meltdown moments.