I have been meditating for 6 months now and the actual breakthrough came with the realization that meditation was not about "doing" rather "letting it be". So, no more struggling with trying to calm my mind and rather letting things be as they are. Now while I have gotten better, there are days when I struggle but now there is no more frustration about things not working.
Some of my friends and colleagues ask me what is meditation and how to start? And I always say it is about focus and being present. A good example is listening to music - when you are listening and focusing on the beats and thinking about nothing else, you are in a meditative state. Or even eating food. A good one is Raisin meditation -
Some of my friends and colleagues ask me what is meditation and how to start? And I always say it is about focus and being present. A good example is listening to music - when you are listening and focusing on the beats and thinking about nothing else, you are in a meditative state. Or even eating food. A good one is Raisin meditation -
https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/raisin_meditation
And then people can build from there to a no-external help meditation and focus on breathing etc.