Last night I could not sleep whatsoever. Out of complete boredom I tried to relax my mind through meditation. I chose to do the breathing technique which is very relaxing, because it teaches you how to breathe correctly sending more oxygen to your lungs and brain. This is how you perform the technique.
Inhale deeply making your tummy balloon outwardly as far as it will go. Then, exhale fully letting all the air escape slowly as you blow it out of your mouth, and using your stomach muscles, pull your tummy inward, or toward your body, until nothing more can release. Do this several times SLOWLY and sleep will creep over you. It crept over me last night and I slept like a newborn baby afterwards.
TIPS: 1. If you begin to feel light-headed or woozy while using this technique, STOP IMMEDIATELY!! The objective here is to sleep, not to faint! You may need to slow your breathing even more than what you already have. You can also implement the following which everybody can benefit from: Try to inhale to the count of seven. Hold the breath to seven. Finally, exhale to the count of seven. You shouldn’t feel like passing out if you count slowly. 2. Finding a few minutes each day to breathe this way can give you more energy during the day resulting from the excessive oxygen gained from meditation practice. You can feel more awake and alert during the day permitting you to accomplish more and to be more efficient at your tasks. It takes all of 10 minutes out of your busy days.

If the above technique does not work for you for any reason, maybe the next meditation technique will appeal to you on the basis that most everyone knows how to meditate with imagery. A common imagery exercise involves imagining that you feel happy, comfortable and relaxed in your favorite place. You are listening to calming sounds and smelling calming scents. The following is an extension of that.
Sit or lay in a comfortable position. Close your eyes and imagine a bright white light moving over your body relaxing it at the same time. It begins at your feet. The light relaxes your toes, then your heels. It moves to your ankles, your calves, going up your legs to your knees, then your thighs. It travels upward relaxing your hips, fingers, hands, arms and elbows simultaneously your stomach relaxes slowing your breath. The white light covers your chest and shoulders. It goes to the neck, your jaw, lips and teeth and tongue, nose, your eyes, your ears, forehead, and lastly, it relaxes your scalp and hair. Now that your entire body feels nice and relaxed, shift your mind to a large, beautiful room decorated with blue carpet that stretches as far as the eye can see. Aligning the far freshly painted white wall about every 10 feet are columns made of gold. They sparkle so brilliantly they blind you when looking directly at them. Paintings of Egyptian women from centuries ago adorned in elegant jewelry hang on another wall. As you slowly cross to the center of the room you stop at a large table clothed in a royal purple cloth. What appears to be the most elegant wine glasses you’ve ever seen stand on every inch of the table leaving only the skirt of the cloth visible. Suddenly feeling a little thirsty and worn-out from walking half the room’s distance, you wonder what is inside the glasses. Glancing at the them you realize that different colors of contents fill each one. You choose the glass holding your favorite color of liquid. You swallow half the contents in a single gulp. Now feeling sleepier you sit on the lush, blue carpet. You drink the rest of the delicious liquid. You then realize that you are laying on the carpet. Laying there, it occurs to you that the liquid heightened your sleepiness. Now feeling comfortable, you see that your glass is full again. You look up to see an angel staring down at you. Its large, golden, airy wings sit you up. They hold your heavy body upright as the angel puts the glass to your lips helping you drink the contents once more. You prepare your body to collapse from being horribly exhausted, but instead, energy floods your body. The angel gives you more to drink, then immediately after finishing the contents, you land up back where you began. Open your eyes feeling refreshed.
TIPS: 1. You can also use this meditation to fall asleep. Meditate to the part where you fall to the carpet. I tested it up to that point and the outcome worked incredibly well. 2. If you find that this particular meditation gives you the energy you anticipate, practicing it daily can benefit you in the long run.