Many who start meditating try to meditate too long too soon. They start off trying to meditation for an hour. Soon they find they are not meditating at all.
I would like to recommend consistency of practice over length of time. In my own practice I have found that if I try for long meditation times, I fail to be consistent in meditating. But if I do shorter meditation times it is easier to be consistent.
Some people seem to think that an hour of meditation is better than a week of five minute a day meditations. But I disagree. I think it is far better to meditate daily and train the mind to be mindful every day. It reminds us to be mindful throughout the day.
I suggest starting with five or ten minutes a day of vipassana meditation. Don't increase your time too soon or by too much. Then try to bring yourself back to mindfulness as you go through the day. The point is to live a life of mindfulness. As Thich Nhat Hanh says in The Miracle of Mindfulness, "Every day and every hour, one should practice mindfulness."
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