Understand first:  There are several types of meditation.  For me these include: Walking meditation:  Being mindful as I walk.  Being aware of breath, being aware of the way my body responds to the sidewalk, or grass, or dirt (because each one is different).  Understanding tension in my body as it occurs or relaxes (and discovering which tension is necessary and which is needless).  And finally, being aware of the entire universe around me as I move through it.  I had a teacher once tell me that you get to change the entire universe just by changing your perspective to it.  For example, when passing a tree, as you get closer to it, you see it from a different angle in every moment.   It’s no longer the same tree.  And the spatial relationship of everything to that tree changes as you move.  It’s quite an amazing thing to actually look at while walking.  I find this the best meditation to connect to the interplay of the universe. Active meditation:  I consider any activity (like Tai Chi, or shoveling snow) where I can turn off my brain as a meditation.  My brain in these moments has a chance to just.  Go fast forward through all the things stuck in it.  Almost like wakeful dreaming.  And if the activity is long enough and consumes enough of my brain’s time, by the end, my brain will be happy.  Now, I don’t actively think during this process.  I allow the brain to simply process, much like dreaming, except I am wide awake.  It allows my brain to do whatever it needs to for the purpose of being a blank slate again.  I find this meditation best for clearing the mind when something is troubling you. Sitting meditation:  There are various methods out there for sitting meditation.  My method consists of sitting cross-legged, and putting my hands together in my lap,my fingers resting one hand on top of the other, and my thumbs meeting above my palms.  I find a place where I am upright, but not held, where my spine can balance my torso and head rather than holding onto my spine and head’s placement.  And then I just let go, closing my eyes.  Sometimes I ask a question, but do not seek the answer at the very beginning.   But much like the active meditation, sometimes my brain just has to go through a bunch of stuff.   I then meditate between 10-20 minutes on average.   I almost always follow a sitting meditation with a walking meditation.  (And if I do an active meditation like Tai Chi, I almost always follow Tai Chi with sitting meditation which is followed by a walking meditation).