Calm Minds = Deeper Learning?

Students were asked, "how did you do this for 6 hours over the last two days?". "It makes me feel calm." one said. 

Educators are always looking for elusive 'deeper learning'. What does it look like? How do we get deeper? 

Here we see that a calm mind=deeper learning. For this student it's creating that creates calmness. 

What calms you? 

A futon

A toilet

A sewn doll lying on a futon