Hey it's Shelly from Healing Arts Collective.
I'm a therapeutic arts healer and mindset coach.
The practice of meditation is loaded with benefits.
If you talk to 10 different people,
They might give you 10 different reasons why they practice meditation.
One of the common reasons why people meditate is to improve their ability to focus,
To pay attention,
To give someone their undivided attention,
To increase their productivity.
In today's age,
To be able to focus on anything,
It has become increasingly difficult.
If you want to avoid being sucked into the gravitational pull of your device,
Make a conscious effort to meditate.
Whether it's a moving meditation,
Seated meditation,
Visualization,
Breathwork,
Creating art,
Going for a walk,
Whatever form of meditation you decide to practice,
Make sure you turn it into a habit.
I'm going to share a simple exercise with you.
Over the next five minutes,
We're going to let our mind wander,
And then we're going to catch it.
And when you catch your mind wandering,
Thank yourself.
Thank yourself to reward your mind.
Let the brain know you did something good and you enjoy it.
Start by counting up to 10.
And when you find yourself no longer counting because your mind has wandered,
And it most likely will,
Thank yourself and then come back to counting.
Now that's speaking.
Take a deep breath in and label it number one and sigh it out.
Take another breath in,
We'll call it breath number two and sigh it out.
Breathe in and out for three.
Breathe in and out for four.
Breathe in,
Breathe out for five.
Breathe in,
Breathe out for six.
Breathe in,
Breathe out for seven.
Breathe in,
Breathe out for eight.
Breathe in,
Breathe out for nine.
Breathe in,
Breathe out for 10.
Continue counting to 10 in your mind and thanking yourself when you catch your mind wandering.
I'll let you know when the five minutes has passed.
I'll come back over time with enough practice.
You'll begin to notice improvements in your ability to focus and pay attention.
Consider meditation a mental exercise for your brain.
Thank you for taking the time to join me today and to improve your ability to focus.
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Leaving me a review.
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