Meditation and chess

Do you meditate?

Does it help your game?  A little?  A lot?

If you do meditate, how does forgetting or failing to meditate affect your game?

No. But many do in California...

Did I mention, that's where I'm from?

I don't meditate and that's helping my game a lot.

I haven't found it to help. In fact I would say generally that a good meal, physical fitness plus a good night's rest and a few other things are ahead of meditation in this and quite a few other things....

Separate, but related. I play checkers (draughts) and find that the state of the mind when playing this is clearer and deeper than chess, and seems to me (just like chess) to be a form of meditation.

Has anyone tried meditation techniques for improved focus and concentration in chess games ?

Maybe brain entrainment tracks help with this ?

maybe chess will imrove your meditation....