There is a wealth of wisdom and methods available to us, but each of us needs to find the time, and the courage, to develop our own prayer life. There are six billion people on this planet now, and so there are six billion right ways to pray. I know of people who pray while walking, jogging, swimming, skating, or cleaning house. Some use music in their prayer, sing their prayers out loud, or write out their prayer. Some incorporate nature, vistas of sky or sea, in their prayer, while others pray best before a shrine.
Many people find the rhythms and mysteries of the rosary helpful, others litanies or novenas.
Some meditate on stories in the Bible, even imaging themselves right into the scene, experiencing it from within as a participant. We then silently repeat that line again and again, so that soon it is almost repeating itself with us. When we become distracted, we simply return to the line. Slow, deep, relaxed breathing fosters prayer, especially the prayer that seeks God in the silent center of the heart. As the prayer deepens the word is repeated with each breath, or pulsation of the heart.