Meditation can be a difficult skill to grasp. Practice and it will get easier. To begin with, two things must be done with the greatest aptitude, each must be mastered and done with ease.
1) Sit still and detach from thought (zuo wang)
2) Regulate the breath (tiao xi)
Zuowang the words zuo 坐 "sit; take a seat" and wang 忘 "forget; overlook; neglect" "oblivious of oneself and one's surroundings; free from worldly concerns" (Liang Shih-chiu & Chang Fang-chieh 1971)
You must master breathing correctly, which is considered the key to calming down or directing the qi with coordination of the mind. This is the process of regulating the breathing (tiao xi).
Beyond this more skills can deepen and enrich your meditation,
however, the above must be mastered first.
1) Sit still and detach from thought (zuo wang)
2) Regulate the breath (tiao xi)
Zuowang the words zuo 坐 "sit; take a seat" and wang 忘 "forget; overlook; neglect" "oblivious of oneself and one's surroundings; free from worldly concerns" (Liang Shih-chiu & Chang Fang-chieh 1971)
You must master breathing correctly, which is considered the key to calming down or directing the qi with coordination of the mind. This is the process of regulating the breathing (tiao xi).
Beyond this more skills can deepen and enrich your meditation,
however, the above must be mastered first.