is it detaching your mind from body and not letting your mind run wild?

Quieting the mind, nothing else.

Sleeping while sitting indian style

True. You can find the benefits of mindfulness from any exercise where you spend long-term attention to something external to yourself and alive.
Aerobic exercise, some conversations, sex even, music, etc.

These seem less likely to turn you onto Connor Murphy's recent persona.

Relaxation, quieting the mind, getting better at controlling your emotions, reducing stress, indirectly there are also health benefits.
When you think about it, there is no reason not to do it - start with 5mins/day and then build it up to 20mins, and that is all you need. Just make it a part of your routine.

Your purpose evolves over time. There are many different kinds of meditations. I think the best reason to meditate is to re-energize. Focus on breathing blockages and tension points on your body that lower/drain your energy.


When you're at peak energy, your voice is loud, clear, your thinking is clear. Your body and face move freely, highly expressive. Your voice is energized and projects, it captures the entire room and commands respect, with tons of range and pitches.

Meditation is the only real way to get there, because you know what to focus on. You know what it feels like in your body to be in that space. You can summon the energy, breathing spins it up like a windmill.

Think of it as an electric car plugging into a supercharger.

This. When people start expecting things other than this when they start meditating is when they give up.

Its not a magic trick or anything.