Sure, there’s a whole lot more to meditation than simply sitting still, but it doesn’t have to be so difficult. “At the most basic level, meditation is simply about thinking thoughts, then letting go of them,” says Suze Yalof Schwartz, founder of Unplug Meditation. “It’s about learning to distinguish between thoughts that serve us and thoughts that don’t.” Yet all of us—even the pros—experience some growing pains when we begin.