If you just want to try meditating, I highly suggest a guided meditation app, a great free resource collection exists in Insight Timer, a great paid one with a free trial that eases you into meditation is Ten Percent Happier (and they have a great podcast to boot).
You could most definitely also just find some guided meditation on YouTube.
Written resources are great, there are vast collections, both into more Buddhism and more secular meditation practices. But I will not recommend anything off the bat because reading will not give you much. At its core both Buddhism and secular meditation come down to “just try and see for yourself”. This is not to say there is not evidence, there is plenty of scientific evidence for mindfulness meditation Which is why I would recommend just trying meditation and reading into the direction you are more interested once you get a feel for what it is.
If you just want to try meditating, I highly suggest a guided meditation app, a great free resource collection exists in Insight Timer, a great paid one with a free trial that eases you into meditation is Ten Percent Happier (and they have a great podcast to boot).
You could most definitely also just find some guided meditation on YouTube.
Written resources are great, there are vast collections, both into more Buddhism and more secular meditation practices. But I will not recommend anything off the bat because reading will not give you much. At its core both Buddhism and secular meditation come down to “just try and see for yourself”. This is not to say there is not evidence, there is plenty of scientific evidence for mindfulness meditation Which is why I would recommend just trying meditation and reading into the direction you are more interested once you get a feel for what it is.