9 Ways to Transform Thoughts from an Annoyance to Rocket Fuel for your Meditation Practice

We have a shiny new batch of meditators who are participating right now in the 7 Day Meditation Kickstart group. There are people from Canada, the United States, the UK, Australia and New Zealand!
Usually, a couple of days into the program, many of the group members find themselves struggling with the ever-present bugbear of meditation:
Thinking, thinking and still more thinking!
What to do with all those thoughts?
How to ever get to a place of calm and peace with all that racket going on up there?
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