[header] How to center yourself in meditation [title] Develop your motivation and inspiration first. [step] Where most meditations fail is because the motivation is absent. Often people will try to meditate without motivation and it invariably stays dry and uninteresting. 
Simple ways to build motivation include reflecting on the benefits of meditation, such as the sense of ease and rejuvenation, or recollect on an inspiring person who has good qualities. [substeps] The motivation and inspiration serves as a " glue " to keep things together, so it can be very hard to meditate without it.