Is breathwork the same as meditation?

They overlap but are not identical. Breathwork usually means actively guiding your breath into a specific pattern to shift how you feel, while meditation more often means resting your attention, sometimes on the natural breath, without changing it. Many meditations use the breath as an anchor, so the two blend easily. You can think of breathwork as using the breath as a tool, and meditation as using it as a focus. StillMind draws on both, matching the approach to whether you want to settle, focus, or simply be present.