I don't meditate yet but I want to start this summer. I have an ESE assistant in my classroom who is a Buddhist monk, a well known and accomplished one that can be googled, I swear, even though I know it sounds odd, lol.

Anyway, she gave me meditation beads for christmas. I have been wanting to use them and learn meditation and asked about going to the local center she runs. She said before that, start small. Start with a you tube video and do it for 10-15 min everyday in a quiet place I wont be interrupted and work my way up. Then when I am ready on my own use the beads to say my mantra or mantras to focus, calm and guide me. They can be whatever you need to focus on "I will deep breathe when I feel anxious", "I'll work hard to be an effective teacher", "My repetitive thoughts are irrational" etc. It's personal to you....so that's what I know. Again, I have yet to try. Summer vacation just started.