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I Can’t Meditate: Three Easy Ways You Can Start Today

Meditation is a practice and it’s never too late to start

Katie Cavenagh
5 min readAug 20, 2024

Meditation is easier than you think! Here are 3 easy ways to meditate when you think you “don’t know how”.

I can’t tell you how many of my clients have claimed they “can’t meditate” and then are amazed after trying a few exercises and finding it wasn’t as hard as they thought.

After all, meditation is more than sitting quietly and sweeping out thoughts with an imaginary broom. Meditation is actually just focused attention, and there are many different ways to meditate.

This is the core foundation of meditation — being present in the body and in the moment. And a big part of how to do that is…

Learn to Follow the Breath

Breathing is something we do unconsciously. (Could you imagine what life would be like if you had to constantly remind yourself to breathe?) But when we tune in and consciously follow our breath, something magickal happens.

During the time when we can follow the breath, the mind starts to clear, the body begins to relax, and overall we can feel a shift from tightness to lightness. This is because we are creating space within the body and allowing a change to occur. Relaxation…

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Katie Cavenagh
Katie Cavenagh

Written by Katie Cavenagh

Spiritual coach, energy healer, and writer with a goal of inspiring change and awareness within human consciousness.

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