One Pointed Focus - Foundation Mindfulness

One pointed focus is a practice that helps guide your attention back to one-point, be that a word, phrase, or image that is internal. Simonette describes how we can turn our attention away from the negative, anxious worries, and focus on more positive life affirming self talk. You will have five minutes to practice for yourself and Sim's voice will let you know when it is time to return from your practice. This is a great introduction to mindfulness meditation for the new meditator.

Transcript

A simple exercise that highlights the quality of your thoughts and how you can change these to becoming more supportive is to notice your self-talk.

When you have these moments of quiet reflection,

You can notice the quality of your self-talk.

Are you criticizing yourself?

Are you filled with worries and fears?

Notice your self-talk because you can direct your attention towards more positive and life-affirming thoughts.

Lots of things can distract us and take our attention,

But it is the attention that we give to these things that accentuates their meaning and significance for us.

So instead of feeling overwhelmed by all those worries or fears,

Concerns,

You can choose to focus on something more positive.

When we have this quiet time to reflect within,

I'd like you to practice focusing on a powerful word or focusing on an empowering image of yourself.

So what I'd like you to do for the next five minutes is to position yourself comfortably and you're going to practice developing this muscle of your attention,

Just like any muscle in the body,

With practice it gets stronger.

So when you sit for the five minutes,

You're focusing in on a beautiful word or a phrase and you keep bringing your attention back to that word so you can hear your own voice repeating the word in a gentle way.

And then when you notice that your thoughts have drifted off to other,

Perhaps more mundane things or noises outside,

Just notice that and bring your attention back again to your word.

And this is a practice because the nature of the mind is to be busy,

Curious,

Distracted.

So this is a practice of training the mind,

Training your attention to focus on one thing,

A one-pointed focus.

And where we give attention is where we find power and achievement.

So you already have this connection with your mind and your body,

Sometimes getting caught in the worries and the anxieties that loops back into your physiology,

Causing you to feel uncomfortable and stressed or anxious.

So you're going to practice focusing on healthy,

Supportive and beautiful thoughts and images and this will loop back into your physiology in a positive way.

So comfortable now,

Connected with your breathing.

So you have your word to focus on now.

Settling in for your one-pointed focus,

Your attention on your word.

And I'll let you know when the five minutes has passed.

Thank you.

You you you you you you you you you that's good coming back now taking a nice deep breath and back fully present

Reviews

That was lovely 😍 Sim thankyou. I've had a bit of a tough day today so this is just what I needed.

It was wonderfuld 🙏

At first I found it different that other guided meditations I tried, but after I finished it it was brilliant! It’s incredibly relaxing. Great voice and the music fade out was a good choice.

A great primmer and/or review. Voice, fade in-out of music levels excellent. Intention for this practice made me smile, seems non-relational. It’s good, because it stimulates me to restate my core intention.

Very nice ... Thank you ...

That was really helpful in calming down the chatter—thank you!

Very Good. I Liked That You Left Space & Pause For Reflection. Thank You 🙏🏽 🙏🏽

Really effective, beautiful, 🙏

This would be perfect for moments when I need to refresh focus, or a break from stress at work! Thank you!😊🙏

Absolutely love this meditation!!!!

Very simple but very effective technique. Great stuff.

Very useful. Allowed a space where I could get and define perspective on an issue

Beautiful way to start the day and the year. Thank you for this helpful meditation.

This was nice, a very good practice for sure.

Thank you! Your voice and choice of music were so sublime. Namaste!

Lovely focus for today🙏🏼🌈🙏🏼

A wonderful addition to my practice. Namaste.