In his first letter to the Thessalonians, Paul called them to be joyful and "never stop praying." He didn't mean to pray with every breath. Even Jesus didn't do that. What he meant was connection and communication with God is more crucial to our life than even water, air, and food. Prayer gives us more than physical life. It gives us spiritual and a holy life which lasts eternally. Prayer doesn't need to be this difficult and staged happening. We just need to reach out God and talk to him. He is listening.