Calming The Mind

A meditative exercise, showing how we can radically calm the mind by paying attention to several distinct sensations connected with the breathing. Ordinarily we simply observe too few sensations, and so the mind becomes bored. A bored mind makes distraction to entertain itself. Give the mind plenty to observe, and it's less likely to become distracted.

Reviews

Great experience. Had very few distracting thoughts, and breathing slowed down a lot. I'll come back to this technique. Thank you 🙏

Thank you. I’ve been practicing for three years at Worcester Triratna Buddhist Centre (England) - that’s really helpful.

Very interesting method that certainly keeps the mind focused and calm. Thank you.

I loved the framing of my thoughts being a helpful sign that I’m no longer fully tapped into/aware of my breath. Made it easier to accept my thoughts and redirect my attention. Thank you!

Such a wonderful practice of becoming much more aware of the breath and helped to stop thoughts a great deal.