In this episode of "If Our Bodies Could Talk", James Hamblin, senior editor at The Atlantic, visits NYC's first meditation gym named MNDFL. The gym, founded by Ellie Burrows and Lodro Rinzler, offers drop-in meditation classes ranging from Vedic to mindfulness meditation.

If you're like me, not a New Yorker and unable to visit MNDFL, you can still learn effortless mantra meditation by reading my meditation guide.