You needn't sit on a couch, cushion cross-legged .. You can very well walk in a park and keep your focus on breath or feet or on the ground in front, or the bushes and greenery, all the while ignoring any thoughts that come up. You can also sit on a park bench looking at the trees, focusing on the looking, being aware of looking.

This is known as awareness of awareness, or consciousness of consciousness which does sound fake but its very simple and effective. You soon start getting a feeling of what you really are as opposed to the belief of being a body/mind.

Being aware of this "I-feeling" is considered by many to be the fastest or direct path. This I-feeling is also found in the present moment when there is no past or future.

or Be aware of what is present between thoughts.

or Put your focus on what is conscious of existing.

There are tonnes of references that point to the same thing in different words:

- Power of Now (Tolle) - Michael Langford (albigen.com - full book available) - Youtubes of Papaji, Mooji, Tolle and many others