The first basic thing you can do to find your zen is something that anybody can do. All you need to do is just sit outside and breathe in the fresh air. There’s a Japanese study that has proven that fresh air helps heal you. You can bring a cup of coffee with you if you want to, just being outside and breathing in the air is tremendously helpful. 

A second thing you can do to find your zen is chase your passions. When you chase your passions, you are doing something that you love to do. You are living your life to the fullest, which is calming and will make you happy. There might be some things about your passion that might make you upset, for example if you’re fishing and fail to catch anything, but you’re still doing something you love to do. I encourage you to stop and breathe while you’re doing whatever your passion is. Just stop for a minute and breathe and think about what you’re doing and how you are doing something you love to do.

The third way you can meditate is working solely on your breath. Breathe in and focus on how you’re breathing and what it feels like as the breath passes through you. This involves a lot of focus and can be tricky, especially since the brain always wants to think about different things and wanders. When the other thoughts come into your head recognize that they are there but dismiss them to come back to them later. 

Another way of doing this is being mindful of the things around you and what everything feels like. Think about what the ground feels like against your skin, expand it out, think about what’s in the room and continue expanding outwards. If you find your mind keeps wandering, you can try to look at the thoughts from an outside perspective. When thoughts enter your mind try to see what somebody outside of yourself would think of them. Personally, that is something that I struggle with, but will improve on as I practice it more. Go ahead and try it out for yourself!