t have the same magic as learning it from a practitioner of the religion it came from -- in the three cases above, the first is a Hindu form and the latter two are
Buddhist forms. Learning them in ritual ceremonies from
Buddhist and Hindu gurus did more for me than learning meditations in short-hand from psychologists. But that's me. As for what you're doing, not avoiding, that's the ticket -- those of us who fell into avoiding fell into chronic anxiety that lives with us.