Question: I can’t meditate, when I try to sit I just keep thinking and planning. What advice can you offer?

Asha: Often when we begin meditation it appears that we are thinking more than ever. In fact what is happening is that we are becoming aware of what is happening in the mind. Nothing has changed—yet—we are just more aware of it. And that’s what meditation is: becoming aware.

The first thing we become aware of is how active the mind is. Later our awareness expands and we gain greater calm, clarity, ease, and resilience.
You aren’t doing it wrong when you notice lots of thoughts, in fact you are doing it right! You are aware of what is happening in the mind. That is the first step on the path of transformation and liberation.