I have started to explore meditation (or mindfulness which is insight meditation) - I have attended a few classes and all have made it clear that the full title is mindfulness/meditation practise, as you need to keep practising it and it is not something that can be learned overnight.

I think there are different types, but the one I do is about experiencing the here and now and just sitting with how you are feeling / thinking without judging or trying to change. I think the belief is the more we try to get rid of thoughts or feelings the stronger they become, but if we just sit with them and be interested in them, then this is what helps them to disappear and not take over us. I have so much more to learn about it and would a class be hlepful to you I wonder?

But in answer to your question, I think if lighting incense and playing music and breathing / prayiing gives you some peace, then it doesn't matter what label it has.