This my be a dumb question but?

[Emily]

This my be a dumb question but, I don't know how to meditate. Can someone please tell me how, because every time I try my mind won’t shut up.

[Aaron]

Emily it's ok i have the same problem, the best thing you can do is feeling your breathing and your heart beat, if you can't do both just your breathing. What i do is just be that's it. Now i've altered states of consciousness but nothing major yet or getting any answers to my life's problems. I must go deeper and relax more

Also Relaxing is very helpful you don't want to try so hard

For Christmas my sister got me one of those giant sit up pillows for reading books, and i use that for my back, and it's like wow that makes a different since i have a hard time keeping my back straight for meditating.