I found the following hard and found an app useful in mitigating these: * Initially, committing to a daily practice. After 6 months this problem disappeared on

I found the following hard and found an app useful in mitigating these: * Initially, committing to a daily practice. After 6 months this problem disappeared one my meditation became a habit. * Getting comfortable with the different techniques. Focusing on your breath is fairly straightforward (in practice, but equally quite difficult to start with) whereas techniques such a loving kindness and resting awareness can be a bit tougher to understand. The Headspace forums suggest everyone struggles with certain techniques, so having a guide was useful (for me). From reading of "The Science of Meditation: How to Change Your Brain, Mind and Body" it seems there is always more to learn but as an app meditator I can only give you the above experiences.