Prepare Your Attention

Part mindfulness and part process to be adapted by the listener for their every day use, this 5 minute guided dialog introduces the listener to the idea that we can deliberatly clear sticky thoughts, and experience improved clarity. Commencing with self directed muscle tension release and breath softening, the listener is then ready to approach the mind.

Transcript

Welcome to Prepare Your Attention by Kirsten Doesle,

Still Potential When our attention is scattered and fragmented,

It is difficult to be fully attentive and open.

This short process can be performed at any time,

Anywhere.

It is more a process than a meditation.

Begin by noticing your physical body,

Releasing any areas of tension.

Check into the spots that you often hold tightness and allow softening.

Choose a breath that feels easy.

Make sure to let the breath out completely.

Then allow your body to breathe in.

Continue to allow your body to breathe itself.

Now check in with your mental activity.

View your thoughts as if they are on a screen in front of you.

You may be juggling many thoughts at present,

These thoughts in the way of your clear view and focus.

Deliberately catch one thought and decide if you can temporarily or perhaps even permanently close it.

Finish with it.

You may become aware as you look with clarity at this thought that it is actually unhelpful,

Perhaps not true.

And so just like the junk mail,

You can discard it.

This is like clearing the desk of your mind.

Take the next thought that is in the way of your open,

Clear mind.

It may be something that you do need to keep alive.

Acknowledge that and imagine minimising the screen of this one,

Not discarded,

Just put to the side.

If you really need to,

You may wish to jot it down.

Do this process for all the sticky thoughts that are vying for attention at this moment.

They may be easy to release thoughts that come and go and they will clear when you ignite desire and interest.

I will be silent now while you deliberately and kindly notice thoughts that are distracting you from clarity and either choose to discard them or to minimise them to return to later.

Notice a sense of alert,

Aware,

Spacious readiness.

This is similar to the state of mind you may be in at the start of a movie or performance that you are keen to watch.

Relaxed,

Attentive and interested.

Next time you experience that with ease,

Notice it deliberately and log how it feels in your body and your mind for future reference.

A sense of clear,

Stable,

Aware anticipation.

Enjoy.

You can ready yourself for full attention.

Thank you.

Reviews

Great for before a meeting

Wow - impressively effective! Feels like one is gifted with a clean slate - upon which to concentrate! Thank you.

Great practice to discard unnecessary thoughts so I can choose my focus.

That was a useful exercise! Will be bookmarking to my "reminders" sessions to listen to again occasionally.

Incredibly useful! Will be using this when overwhelmed with thoughts and need clarity. Thank you 🙌🙌🙌

Thank you. Image of the screen minimizing was very helpful to use on my own.

Excellent mid day refocus break. Thank you

Wonderful imagery. Very effective 🙏🏻

Excellent way to get clarity - either a quick refresher or before a longer mediation. Thank you!

This was very helpful 🌺 thank you

Good quick exercise that was very very easy for me to enact. Liked this a lot.

Thank you. Beautifully guided. You are truly gifted. Thank you 🙏

Love the words, makes it easy to follow. Thank you for the excellent guidance.

So succinct! Thank you!

Short and perfect. Different in a good way. Will return to this. Thank you!

Excellent clearing preparing for clarity. Helpful beginning new day or meditation. Bookmarked.

Wonderful way to prepare for mediation or to start the new day. Thank you for your insight and calming voice. Namaste💙

Perfect practice🙏🏻 Thank you.

Thank you, Namaste.