Yes. Personally I can't stand guided meditation - it never moves at the right speed. Za-zen, Vipassana, Hwa Tou, mantras, fire gazing, Silent Illumination, and others can be helpful.

The key is to remember that meditation is practice - there's no end state where you've "gotten it right."

Getting distracted is not failure. Noticing that you've become distracted and bringing attention back to your focus is success.

[–] cameron_vale@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like to think of it as exploring. Or experimenting.

For a beginner at the "focusing" type meditation, to hold your attention upon your "focus object" for 10 seconds straight is amazing. It's surprisingly difficult.