I'd suggest finding a meditation teacher, most likely through a meditation center. Meditation is not easy to learn from books, and the instruction really benef

I'd suggest finding a meditation teacher, most likely through a meditation center. Meditation is not easy to learn from books, and the instruction really benefits from discussions around how it is going for you in particular. Personally, I learned to meditated from a Shambhala center. They teach shamatha/vipassana meditation, which are the two most common forms of Buddhist meditation. The (over-simplified) explanation is that Shamatha is about quieting the mind, and Vipassana about awareness/insight. In terms of your basic question, meditation can be as simple as sitting on the couch and watching empty space for a couple of minutes, if you are sitting on the couch and watching empty space the right way. Generally speaking, there are postures that serve better than couch-sitting, and instructions that are more sophisticated than "watching empty space", and a qualified meditation instructor can help you with those. If you really don't have access to a local instructor, get in touch with me privately, and I'll see what I can do for you.