Meditation means awareness. Whatever you do with awareness is meditation. "Watching your breath" is meditation; listening to the birds is meditation; even doing the ironing and washing the car can be meditation. As long as these activities are free from distractions of the mind, it is effective meditation.
Anyone can learn to meditate. You don’t have to travel to the Himalayas, give up all your money, find a guru, or spend hours every day in an ashram in order to learn meditation. Sometimes your meditation practice will be instantly rewarding but other times it will challenge you. At those times it’s best to remember that when you are growing a garden, there is some digging and weeding to be done also. Learning to meditate will offer you the tools you need to create happiness, build better relationships and learn to relax.
A meditation course will generally run for 4 weeks and cover several different types of meditation; teach you how to sit in meditation posture and how to keep a meditation journal.