[jpancake]

http://www.dogensangha.org/video.htm has a couple (slightly tilted) videos explaining the basic posture of zen meditation.

Your body needs to be in an alert or awake position in order for you to be able to settle into yourself. Sitting on a couch will just make you sleepy.

It's also hugely important not to expect anything out of your meditation. "Having trouble focusing" is only a symptom of what's actually going on. Meditation won't make it go away; but, if you stick with it, you'll likely gain insight into the causes of it, and hopefully find more productive ways of dealing with it.

[llimllib]

> It's also hugely important not to expect anything out of your meditation

Thanks for saying that... it's such an important bit, but so difficult to actually live, and it's ignored by most.