Last month, I attended an event where I was taught to meditate. This event was done as one of the many events for suicide prevention week. As you can see in the picture above, I am lying on a yoga mat after I had just finished meditating. I learned many things at this wonderful event. First of all, I learned that you do not have to be on a yoga mat in order to meditate. You can meditate in any position as long as you are comfortable in that position. In fact, before I went on the yoga mat, I was sitting on a chair to meditate. After I meditated in the chair, I went to the yoga mat to try it out and it felt great. Another thing I learned is that meditation is about bringing yourself to the present moment. There are many misconceptions of meditation, such as a man sitting on the floor with his eyes closed and relaxing his body. It is not only this; there is much more to meditating properly. In order to meditate properly, you have to get comfortable and then breathe. While you breathe, you have to focus on a part of your body through which your breath is traveling. This part of your body can be your nose, your throat, your chest or your stomach. After that, you just continue to focus on that part of your body for as long as you can. The important thing is to think about the present moment and where you are at that moment. Do not think about the past or the future. It sounds easy, but it was difficult for me at first. As I tried to focus on the present moment, I kept thinking about other stuff in my life, such as schoolwork and my social life. Eventually, I got the hang of it and I learned how to meditate properly. It is a very important skill that I have yet to master. I enjoyed the event. It was worth going to, even though I had a lot of homework on that day.