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Singing bowls are your friend. My favorite is this singing bowl for cats

https://youtu.be/ADFP9yCIOuI

Good to start with, the whole channel has great bowls

I’m a huge Andrew Huberman fan. Here is a quickie breathing technique. He explains how it works in this short https://m.youtube.com/shorts/vErS61fumLc

His podcasts are long but worth listening to. I listen to binaural beats and sometimes Tibetan bowls and 432hz music not really as meditation but just for healing. For mediation, I pray the holy rosary. I’ve been doing this (HR) for years and it is my go-to but may not be appropriate for you. I like Stevetgefish76’s advice. I also need a phrase. Daily affirmations would also work.

Even 10 mins every day is very helpful if that’s all you can dedicate. I can just see those families with kids or whatever when you say “ok, going to do my meditation now.. for an hour..see ya!” So I know it doesn’t always work but if you can squeeze 10 mins, that would be hekpful.

Psalm 46:10 --- "Be still, and know that I am God." Sometimes I will just repeat this under my breath while trying to relax. I also like to listen to 432Hz music on YouTube when I want to relax, particularly on a Sunday afternoon. Q had introduced me to this, as it was something I'd never heard of before.

Find a quiet place with no interruptions, get comfortable, if you can't sit in the position they always depict Buddha , it doesn't matter, but it is good to sit up to keep the spine as straight as you can, in comfort,you want to be comfortable, I do it with a prayer opening of my own words, but simple. I just say "Come Jesus, Come be with me". Then breathe,not shallow not too deep. I try and concentrate on my breath. Expect a lot of thoughts to come, but try and watch them as if you were watching a train go by, there will be thoughts under thoughts, don't attach, don't get discouraged, but just do it. It is a practice, that's all it is. it should be done daily, some days you may get a glimpse of God's Kingdom, briefly, and some days you will get a back ache. Don't attach to what your mind tells you to expect, let negative thoughts and positive thoughts go by like a train. It is a practice, like prayer, but it is the stillness that you want out of it. "Be still and know that I am God" . It helps me mentally, if I find myself swinging emotionally to the point I feel anxious or depressed, it helps, it helps with pain too. Centering prayer, a few words Inspired by Christian prayer will keep away any evil spirit lurkers. When we sweep the house clean (our chattery brain, or worries in our head) and do not fill it with God's presence, there is unholy spirits who will seek residence in your head, Just breathe in and out, with the One who gave you breath.