How did I start meditating?

How did I start meditating?

Short story how I got into all this...

The very first time i got introduced to altered states of consciousness (via induced trans) was in my late teens. My cousin who was a fresh graduate of psychocolgoy was going after her NLP/hypnotherapy diploma. and needed a guinea pig. Although I was available, I wasn't so eager. The whole thing was too 'out there' for me at the time. And I didn't understand the core rule of hypnosis, meaning that every hypnosis is self hypnosis and nobody can hypnotise you, if you don't let yourself go. 

Following this into my adulthood, I had a breif enouter with guided meditatation in February or March 2014. This was the first time I started doing it and it actually did work on me.