Boosting Your Concentration

I’m glad you’re here.
This meditation is designed to help you strengthen your focus and concentration. It might feel boring at first, as I repeatedly guide your awareness back to the breath. But this simplicity is intentional (and powerful), especially for those who tend to overthink or feel anxious about the future.
Because it’s often this very breath, and this very moment, that we’re unconsciously avoiding.

It’s important to understand that the brain is like a muscle, the more we train it in a certain direction, the more naturally it performs that way.
As you train your mind to stay with the breath, you’ll likely find that overthinking and mental spiraling begin to ease.
I recommend practicing this meditation regularly for at least two weeks to begin noticing real, lasting results.

Thank you for taking this time to show up for yourself.
I'd love to hear your experience with this meditation. Feel free to leave a comment.

Transcript

Hello and welcome.

This is Clea,

And I'm so glad that you're here.

During this recording,

I will be guiding you in a meditation that focuses in enhancing concentration.

So when you're ready,

Let's begin.

Sit in a comfortable place and gently close your eyes.

Bring your awareness to your breath.

Notice the rhythm of your breath.

Are you breathing short and shallow breaths?

Or deeper and slower?

If your breathings are short and shallow,

I invite you to slowly start breathing deeper and a bit more slowly.

If your breathings are deep and shallow,

I invite you to slowly start breathing deeper and a bit more slowly without forcing yourself.

Keeping your awareness in your breathing.

If your breathings are deep and shallow,

I invite you to slowly start breathing deeper and a bit more slowly without forcing yourself.

Breathing deeper and a bit more slowly without forcing yourself.

If your breathings are deep and shallow,

I invite you to slowly start breathing deeper and a bit more slowly without forcing yourself.

Breathing deeper and a bit more slowly without forcing yourself.

And whenever your mind wanders,

Gently bring it back into your breathing,

Giving your body permission to relax and to just be.

And since this focus on your breath may be unfamiliar for you,

You may notice a sense of resistance in your body.

That is okay.

Remind your body that you are safe now.

You are safe here.

You're just trying this new exercise.

Of focusing in your breath.

Of directing your concentration in your breath.

Taking slow and deep breaths without forcing yourself.

Gentle breaths that bring a sense of calm.

Slowing down your brainwave into a calmer state of being by focusing in your breath.

And again,

Your body may have a sense of resistance.

But you choose to redirect your awareness to your breath.

You choose to master your concentration.

Letting go and relaxing,

Releasing.

And redirecting your awareness to your breath.

Reminding your body that it is safe to be here and now.

Reminding your body that it is safe to just be.

And keeping your awareness to your breath.

Whenever you notice it,

Prefer to be here and now.

Not drifting away,

Choosing to refocus it in your breath.

And whenever you're ready,

You can open up your eyes.