For meditation I think people are trying to "meditate".
Where I would get same benefits from 45-60 min cardio where I focus on the training and rhythm of music.
I definitely also felt "meditation" effects from reading books - but of course with intense focus on the book not thinking about anything else and not having tv running in background and people trying to talk to me.
In the end I do believe I get the same benefits when I focus on something intensely so basically any hobby.
Watching series on streaming services is for me not that immersive and too much stimuli so it does not work that.
Where I would get same benefits from 45-60 min cardio where I focus on the training and rhythm of music.
I definitely also felt "meditation" effects from reading books - but of course with intense focus on the book not thinking about anything else and not having tv running in background and people trying to talk to me.
In the end I do believe I get the same benefits when I focus on something intensely so basically any hobby.
Watching series on streaming services is for me not that immersive and too much stimuli so it does not work that.