That is a massive can of worms! Let’s just do some pedigree info and then we’ll see what questions come up?
I meditate daily, sometimes twice, usually in the morning. I started about 22 years ago, first in active focus, quickly into thought observation and shortly after into zen. Since then I’ve tried pretty much every meditation style and mindfulness practice I hear of, test them out, identify the modality and effect, and then catalog it as a tool.
Meditation is a very broad bucket of activities in the much larger bucket of mindfulness practice.
The range is massive. Eyes closed or open. Sitting, standing, laying. Quiet, chanting, the list goes on. There’s no wrong way to meditate as long as you’re heading towards your goal, however they all dance towards the characteristics of…
Mental awareness, discipline, focus, strength, clarity, control,
Thought observation, control, direction, release,
Bodily awareness, understanding, sense, activation,
Energetic refinement, clearing, focus, power, use, direction,
And more. Essentially using the mind as a tool for internal-self mastery.
We teach a few modalities but have settled on a combination of meditation (sitting, eyes closed, quiet) combined with mindfulness practice (a few types, one of which is walking). Thus far has created the most drastic progress in student. Man, some of them are getting to capacity and insight that took me years in only a single weekend!
For myself, I have a much more refined access and use of my aetheric form and subtle bodies. Emotions are more regular, mind is more calm. That all releases any tightness in my heart and throat which in turn enhances my relationships. If I skip it for even a week I notice changes, granted I’ve reset my baseline at this point to where many things I do daily become mindfulness state activities. Chop wood, carry water is a literal state you can access here.
I have combined meditation with fields a bit, my own and Dreamweaver’s. But for the most part I love the non dual and expanded causal awareness states and prefer minimal interference.
And…
Well I’d say that if anyone is feeling stuck, it isn’t that you can’t do it or it doesn’t work. Just need to troubleshoot your road into the practice!