What is Meditation?

People have this idea that meditation should be easy. they watch their friends close their eyes and slip into a quiet, peaceful place inside themselves for 20 minutes and don't understand why they can't achieve the same thing.

Meditation, just like anything else, is a learned skill.

Just like any other skill,some people come to it easier than others, but that doesn't mean you can't learn how to do it.

Meditation is about learning to take control of your mind

If you have never learned how to shut off the constant yapping of your mind, if you have never learned how to sit still, then of course, you will have trouble meditating! Meditation isn't magic--just because it's not tangible doesn't mean it's easy for everyone. The first step in learning to meditate is understanding how to control and quiet your mind. When you do this, meditation naturally follows.