Don’t struggle.

Meditation, Dhyana, is at first nothing but struggling with the mind, bringing it again and again from its flights to the sacred feet of the Lord. This very soon heats the brain. Therefore, in the beginning one must not exert the brain too much, or hold the breath too long. When one gets real meditation, one can easily continue for three or four hours; then one will feel extremely refreshed in body and mind after meditation as after a sound, deep sleep. ❤
~ Swami Brahmananda ❤