#AskDeepak "Dear Deepak, I have been starting to practice meditation for few months now and I have followed you on past 21 day meditation sessions also. I have tried to meditate on my own few times as well as attending few meditation classes held by my spiritual gurus. I am writing to you because I feel like I am not doing a good job with my meditation. First of all it takes me a long time to get into the zone. I find myself very sensitive to noise around me. So any little noise breaks my trance. Also I find it hard to follow the instructor’s words as they take us to deep meditation, I have a hard time visualizing the scenario he/she is giving us and many times I see darkness in front of me instead of seeing a garden/mountain as the instructor is mentioning. Also I get headaches during and after the meditation session. Please let me know if I am doing anything wrong or what might be the cause of my poor performance. One instructor mentioned to me last time that I might have suffered a spiritual trauma and thus it is blocking my spiritual energy. If you think it might be the cause please provide me with some advice. I am looking forward to hearing from you on this matter. Thank you very much." Please click on the link in my bio and select 'Ask Deepak' for the answer.