Still, the best sleep I’ve had in weeks cost $22, and lasted 33 minutes. It was a Deep Rest “class” at Inscape, a meditation studio in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan...

The Inscape studio provides for meditation what SoulCycle and the like do for working out. It offers accountability via class structure, assurance that you're doing it "right," and an alluring physical space that feels in line with someone you want to be.

Clever design and a warm staff made the space feel immersive and somewhat fortified from the outside world, and stillness and deep breathing is a pretty reliable formula for feeling less stressed.

All of the Inscape meditations I did culminate in a minute of "connecting your inner and outer worlds," and they gently remind you that whenever the day gets hectic, you can return to your calm, meditative state, simply by checking in with yourself.