This could partially explain why exercise helps so much with depression:

"Exercise involves meditation, even though many may not realize it. Some call exercise “moving meditation” because it creates the same types of emotional and chemical changes in our brains that come from meditation."

https://www.lsmedspa.com/health-wellness-blog/similarities-between-fitness-and-meditation/#:~:text=Exercise%20involves%20meditation%2C%20even%20though,brains%20that%20come%20from%20meditation.