The technique of mindful meditation is simple. You can try to practice daily, just sit in a quiet place and pay attention to your breath as it goes in and out of your body. While focusing on this breath, you may notice that moment to moment your attention will wander off of the breath. Gently nudge your attention back to the breath each time it wanders. Be gentle with yourself, not judging yourself in any way for not being able to focus solely on the breath. You will begin to see that even in the quiet of meditation things are changing from one breath to the next.

People are often concerned that if they want to meditate they will have to be able to completely empty their minds of all thought. This is not necessary or even necessarily desirable. If you can be with the roaming activity of your mind you will notice that your awareness will rest on one thing after the next. You will begin to accept the nature of your wandering mind. If you can accept this you will begin to then learn to accept all the little changes that occur in your life throughout a day or a week and longer. Life is full of one event after the next.

There are many books and tapes that you can use to learn meditation. It is usually helpful to have a teacher to work with as well.