Thanks for sharin everyone and thanks for the tips.

@Doc, thats intriguing about the church meditation.  I feel like i used to do the same thing during mass, but it wasnt part of the service, and i proly focused more on zonin out rather than in.  Im not sure if i wouldve responded to it very well, had it been presented to me at that age.  I was antsier then than i am now, and once you add in that someone else is telling me to do it, im naturally gonna fight it til the end. 

It wasnt until my early adulthood that i began to start using different activities as a form of meditation.  I wasnt aware that at the time, but looking back, i can see where it began and how its evolved.  After a few years of sobriety and work in a 12 step program (a whole other thread in itself), i feel like i was being pulled into beginning a daily practice.  So, here i am today.  Id really love to see how this thread evolves and im honored to be apart of it.  If anyone else would like to share on their beginnings, id really love to read em.  Thanks again, Peace