Meditation

I thought I knew how to meditate. I had bought Cd's on the technique. I set aside time to meditate.
And then I went to a class with my girlfriend last night and I realized: I do not know how to meditate.
We sat in a room on pillows and got comfortable.We closed out eyes and the leader told us how to focus on or breathing. We sat for 30 minutes and focused on our breathing and controlled the thoughts that were coming into our heads. The leader would ever so gently remind us to concentrate on our breathing. Every time he did this I felt as though he was in my head and he was reeling me back in!!
We sat in total silence for 30 minutes and listened to the sounds around us, focused on our breathing, and became aware of the thoughts that knock against the walls of our brains!
Believe it or not, that was a fast 30 minutes.
After we talked about things that went on, challenges we have, and asked questions, we meditated for a happy 10 minutes and loved on ourselves - in our heads!
Meditation...a great time to get in touch with the chatter in our heads and clear out some space.