I have a suggestion regarding meditation (this is from the Kriya yoga tradition — particularly as taught by Ryan Kurczak — take a look at his YT channel, “Kriya Yoga Online” for more (I have no affiliate connection)

1. ALTERNATE NOSTRIL BREATHING: Start with alternate nostril breathing. Do 20 rounds (you can count on your fingers — feel the point of all 10 fingers two times through)
2. ENJOY THE TRANQUIL AFTER-EFFECTS: Just rest for a minute or two feeling the tranquil after-effects of the breathing. If your mind is still over-active, as gently as you possibly can, “hear” “sooooooo” in the (uncontrolled) inhalation, and “hummmmmm” on the (natural, spontaneous, uncontrolled) exhlation. Don’t count, just enjoy the peacefulness after the breathing.
3. SPINAL BREATHING: bring your attention to the base of the spine. Squeeze your butt muscles for just a few seconds if you can’t feel that area clearly. Now, imagining that you’re beginning your inhale from the bottom of the spine, and using ujayi breathing, imagine you’re “pulling” the air up the spine — SLOWLY!!! and easefully — until you reach the crown of your head; pause just for a second or two and very relaxed, let the air go slowly back down the spine. Do this for about 20 rounds — but don’t get tense counting; just do it about that much.
4. ENJOY THE TRANQUIL AFTER EFFECTS: Same as #2; just enjoy the peacefulness after doing the exercise. This is the most important part; this is where you can slip naturally into real meditation — just ‘be-ing” there. Again if your mind is too active, hear “sooooo” “hummmmm” in time with the breathing.

You can do this whole process in 10 minutes. If you find you like it, you can gradually extend it. you may be amazed that you start meditating 15, 20 minutes or longer and you’re hardly aware of the time at all.

Remember that it’s AFTER the breathing exercise that’s the most important part. You can make that VERY brief if you find it challenging, but if you keep up with it (might take a few weeks to get a real feel for it) you’ll be amazed how much you look forward to it, and you’ll find you can’t imagine how you did without it.

it’s generally best to learn to do it on your own, but you may find that relaxing music can help. Here’s one you can use (it’s brief, so you’ll need to right click and choose “loop” for it to keep going — we’re going to put up some longer ones soon): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT49S0zTDhQ&t=16s

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