I don't have enough experience with meditation to write anything fancy about it. Everything you've heard about it makes it sound more complicated than it is. You don't need a DVD or Youtube or a book or a Buddhist or whatever they're telling you. Just sit down or lie down, close your eyes, and focus on one thing. Many choose the feel of their breath and simply ignore their thoughts. Slowly, you lose your sense of feeling, first in your hands, second in your feet, third in your chest -----
Everyone says different things about their experience. When I sit down, close my eyes, and focus on my breathing, it slowly starts to feel like the chair, and even the world, breathes in and out with me. This isn't poetry. That's literally what it feels like under the spell. Who knows what the Dalai Lama experiences in his four straight hours every morning? It's not surprising the practice so often gets mixed up in spirituality.
The best part is, after fifteen minutes or more, you can open your eyes, stretch your legs, and feel that rare "healed" feeling you get after a good night's sleep.