Great video. The most crucial point to understand, and she did mention but only briefly - the goal isn't to silence your thoughts at the behest of your focus, the real goal of this exercise is to try notice each time your mind wanders, be aware that you noticed, then return to your focus on the breath. In other words, the goal is to notice when you lose focus, then to return your focus. I heard it explained so well years ago by simple analogy - each time you notice your mind wandering and then simply returning your focus back to your breath, it counts as one rep at the gym. The more reps you do, the stronger you'll become over time. Returning to your breath after noticing a distraction is the goal of mindfulness meditation, and the act of doing it many many many times over many months and years, conditions our minds to become much stronger and generally better focused on baseline as a result.
If you're having trouble with silencing the mind, the chitter-chatter or the random visual-memories. Just hold the breath: shut your lips and nostrils. Your mind will stop. Thinking and breathing are subtly interlinked. As a human, never forget this... The more you practice, you'll see you can silence your mind at will and you will be able to go into a deep focus on whatever you enjoy doing within your daily life.
@@Rin_Chawngthu I pinch sometimes to really become concentrated. If you don't pinch, that's fine, too. Your air will just, in a sneaky and slowly way, release through your nostrils. When you breathe slow, listen to relaxed your heart becomes. It's bpm will go down to about 27-32. It gets your mind to finally be quiet. Like, it is literally mind-blowing, like, blowing away all of your thoughts.
Yeah. I'm glad some of this ancient wisdom is reaching more people, but too bad it's from a "scientists" who blew a bunch of grant money to work out a clunky version of one little slice of what has been around us all along, and then they present it like it's some kind of grand new knowledge that only they have come to understand.
Yes, exactly. Her “focus” exercise is almost exactly the mindfulness exercise I started doing about 40 years ago. I guess we’re calling it ‘mind hack’ now. If it helps it find a new audience, that’s a good thing.
@@ChristopherOrth this is not a full research result. It's a video tip aimed at mass media. Why do you expect it to be all-inclusive? Also, scientists analyzed and quantified the parts that gurus claimed you just had to trust. Scientific results are _proven_ effective for the audience they test on. Gurus guess, and if it doesn't work on some, those people go elsewhere.
For those who would like to delve into the studies, the “flashlight” meditation type is called focused attention meditation (FAM) and the “floodlight” meditation type is known as open monitoring meditation (OMM). Very interesting to read how they can both train different types of awareness and focus!
Bitter truth right here. Watching videos like these give you a false sensation of achievement that ironically results in losing motivation to actually being productive
As a high functional autistic person I found this practice to be not only useful but necessary, from a really early age... In the present, being somewhat of an experienced meditator, more and more I find myself passing my humble knowledge of this to friends, as they start to see the need to do it in this hypermodern rhythm of life. I would say the world has become ever so overwhelming for them as it was always for me, but at least we face it together now
I actively prevent myself from lucid dreaming ~ as soon as I realize it's all a dream, my brain commits revenge by turning it into a nightmare 😃 and then I try to wake myself but I can't, so I get multiple false awakenings and then sleep paralysis ~ Sweet.
@@oddball_oddity You get what you expect. I find it odd that you phrased it as "my brain commits revenge". Ask yourself where this idea comes from, then apply humor and get over it. For $DIETY's sake, lucid dreaming is FUN and really good for most people's psychological and spiritual well being.
Im 21. I've been struggling hard with anxiety and hipocondría for a long long time for. god sake this video reconeccted me. I experience enourmous amounts of trauma, child abuse, violence to the resent death of my grandmothers, my grandparent and my motherlas year. I felt lost, feeling that in any moment i was going to die because i wasnt able to control my stress and anxiety. I felt this video teached me again how to be in peace. To all the lost souls dont give up, suffering is a privilege in the experience of the human Being. Sun is right there for you. Dont search for happines, and it will ask for you. You just have to decide. I love yall. I'll enjoy while im here and i hope we enjoy thogether. Valen.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:01 🧠 Attention evolved to help the brain process information efficiently by prioritizing and sub-sampling environmental stimuli. 01:07 🔦 Attention is not just about focus; it also includes other systems like the broad and receptive "floodlight" called the alerting system. 02:37 🤹 Executive control is another aspect of attention, like a juggler keeping multiple goals and actions aligned. 03:42 🧘♀️ A breath-focus practice can help train and protect attention from mind wandering by anchoring the flashlight of attention to the breath. 06:49 🌟 The steps of focusing, noticing, and redirecting practiced with the breath can be applied to daily life, serving as a tool for maintaining attention. Made with HARPA AI
This is Anapana meditation - First steps in Buddhist meditation called Vipassana Meditation, originated in India. West should give credit where it's due.
This actually worked. Sometimes, my mind is all over the place. I will definitely be using focus, noticing, and redirecting from now. Love this channel.
I know this has nothing to do with religion, but the way she explained reminds me of my grandma. We are Buddhists, and we used to have meditation period during summer holidays. My grandma also sat near me and explained with calm tone while we meditated, almost likely the way she told. It was really wonderful experience and it works guys.
Summary - set a 12 minutes timer , sit down , relax your mind close your eyes and start breathing... normally.... And focus on what you feel while breathing...if you loose Focus go back to again focus on breathing... doing this regularly will make your attention span more
I did my first vipassana retreat nearly 30 years ago. This video reminds me of day one. Day five was a whole other experience. And today, I can't put into words what years of practice has done for me. I'd highly recommend attending a retreat to almost anyone.
*Whether you call it "mindfulness meditation" or the ancient yogic practice of **_Pranayama_** - it really doesn't matter what you call it because it works and this is a great introduction* Meditation is about being, not doing. Breathing is the simplest way to quiet the mind - some traditions like Transcendental Meditation also use a mantra. Another method is _Yoga Nidra_ or progressive muscle relaxation. The hardest thing about learning meditation is learning to stop "doing" and to just _be_
What a fantastic speaking voice. I'll bet she is a great storyteller. I've heard this advice before even all the way back to Alan Watts, but for some reason this sunk in and made more sense for me. Must be that voice.
3:27 to skip wasting your time. The gist of it is to focus, keep focusing, refocus, and do it for 12 minutes. It's not like you've never heard this before or never tried to focus. Relax.
This reminds me of the Zazen practice from zen buddhism. I use it to focus and also bring down anxiety. Once, my father's heart pacemaker was defibrillating. My mother and I hurried him to hospital and he sat beside as I drove. I told him to do the zazen practice of breathing. The difference is that I told him to inhale deeply and take longer too exhale, so that he wouldn't hiperventilate. Sometimes my shoulder rubbed his and I could feel the electric shock from his pacemaker defibrillating. Later, we found out the device was defective. My mother told me that the zazen technique helped him a great deal during that crucial moment.
There is another psychological intervention similar to this called "The attention training technique". It involves, over 12 minutes, listening to a series of overlapping sounds, and then periodically switching your focus from sound to sound when a narrator tell you to. Someone on UA-cam has created a lot of 12 minute sound scapes to help you practice, and I've found then helpful...just the right amount of instruction / reminders to refocus your attention. Edit: I believe the attention training technique is used quite a bit in Metacognitive Therapy.
We've been practicing mindfulness for a long time. It was nice to learn a little more about why they work, and to then practice it. Our brain was very disorganised and wandering this morning but practice makes better.
I have this tool that I play with to increase my attention span on a work I currently doing: set a goal on actively seeking an immediate discomfort & celebrate internally if I experience it .. the word immediate is the key here!
Bought and listened to her book on Audible. I definitely enjoyed it and highly recommend it if you want to learn the neuroscience behind meditation practices.
I loved this so much. Without the stress of having to count the breath I was actually able to focus my flashlight on it... for the very first time! Ty❤❤❤
You could also challenge the vaunted multitasking process. Read a difficult book and notice how the distractions intrude. Bring your mind back to the task and eventually this 'executive' function will develop until you can focus up to the the next chapter heading. I used to use a motorbike as well for the same end. Till I could complete a ride and not have thoughts about work, family, or the weekend intrude on the task at hand, enjoying the ride, staying in one piece, etc. I've read that climbing does the same thing. Now retired, and old, I constantly learn new poems/songs and anytime I need them I recite them; going to sleep, exercise (walking only now), the 'office', advertisements (muted), waiting, etc. Don't start with Beowulf. The intensity of mind does make the world more interesting, you see stuff no-one else would notice.
Skateboarding does it for me too. Motorbikes are dangerous because people's mind wander and they ride on auto pilot If I ever catch myself thinking about chores etc. while riding, I give my brain a mental slap / tap on the nose and say "NO!"
The wandering mind will be redirected to oneself by focusing on breath observation. This is great practice for calmness, and relief from anxiety, and depression. One interesting fact I found by practicing this technique regularly we could understand our thoughts and easily be redirected in a positive direction.
There was something that caught my attention there is really far more information in the environment than can be fully processed. In my experience I often feel that for me to have a full human experience I would need more than just one life, what so far is no possible but we are sharing more and more information and now more than never before information really matters!!😁😁😉😉
Just as to reach the critical point, you must reach a balance of focus and carelessness or order and chaos, one must experience the moment by maintaining a focus and an unfocus on everything, this is similar to flow. Where to be in a state of flow? You must go down the river and experience everything as it comes to you and be in the moment and watch and experience.
It's kind of like when people warm up they do each action a few times to get the mechanics down to focus on the action before they play a game where they don't focus on the action as much and don't put much care into the specifics of it when they're playing, in the flow of the game in the moment maintaining a balance of focus and watching/experiencing/flowing.
This is great! And it's very similar to the Heartfulness Meditation, the only thing that differs is that the Flashlight is directed towards the heart, and it's also there for you always just like your breath.
Seeing comments in here say, "oh well this is just mindfulness," but it's rare to see someone actually properly guide you through DOING it as opposed to just describing it. What's more interesting is a lot of science-minded folks have a hard time grasping the spirituality woowoo side of meditation... But if you look at HRV and autonomic nervous system balancing, you find steady deep controlled breathing by way of something like boxed breathing technique, you get similar results because it resets the balance between your sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system.
🙏👏 this is amazing advice. It’s so hard to not get distracted in this day and age and I often feel like I’ve forgotten a fundamental part of myself and even how to get back to it. For a brief moment during this exercise I felt myself rather than being outside of myself or within myself and I will definitely be continuing with this exercise.
Watching this video inspired me to contemplate the impact Executive Function, and thus the Beliefs and Emotions present in the sub/un-consciousness, have on Focusing and Noticing with the Attention. The Conscious impacts the sub/un-conscious, and vice-versa, in an integrated feedback loop which can be leveraged for self-improvement. Awesome Video.
For those on spiritual quest, here is the source of this practice: The Ānāpānasati Sutta (Pāli) or Ānāpānasmṛti Sūtra (Sanskrit), "Breath-Mindfulness Discourse," Majjhima Nikaya 118, is a discourse that details the Buddha's instruction on using awareness of the breath (anapana) as an initial focus for meditation.
Here are the key points from the video: Attention is a powerful tool that we use for many aspects of our lives, such as thinking, feeling, and connecting. There are three different ways that we can pay attention: focus, alertness, and executive control. Focus is like a flashlight that shines brightly on a specific piece of information. Alertness is like a floodlight that allows us to take in a lot of information at once. Executive control is like a juggler who keeps multiple balls in the air at the same time. We can train our attention by doing a breath focus practice, which involves focusing on our breath and redirecting our attention back to our breath when it wanders. This practice can help us to improve our focus, alertness, and executive control. I hope this is helpful!
Anapana meditation - Observing breathing as it is without trying to control it Vipassana meditation - observing sensations all over the body after getting laser focus from Anapana meditation. This happens with India history , people from other countries copy paste stuff giving different names.
You can train yourself in Tibetan Buddhism or Zen Buddhism and try to achieve Samadhi, that may help. Try Shamata with a sign, later shamata without a sign and then open awareness or awareness of awareness also may help.
My mind wandered only if I believe it did. If I overreact to the slightest hints of thoughts and associations, then it's a self-fulfilling prophesy. If I consider myself still paying attention to the breath, I can make it true.
If you were struggling with focusing, then you do 12 minutes of meditation. Is there an additional step after your focus on your breath to help focus on the task you were struggling with?
For me, once I'm reeled in my focus, I think about the challenges of the task, or the pieces that make it interesting. I rarely even notice the shift from thinking about this, to actually doing the task.
Thank you all for your responses. I thought I didn't understand some idea. But based on your responses I see that it's a complex next step that wasn't exactly addressed on the video
This is nuanced but Buddha used “observation” rather than “focus” in a nonjudgmental state of mind while focusing on where the breath is felt most. Then maintaining the state of mind as long as possible. I think “focusing” can cause newbies to get stressed or turned off. Nonjudgmental Observation allows for more discovery in life generally. That is how the Buddha discovered Vipassana meditation, which means to see things as they truly are. He went through many experiments (starvation, labor, etc.) to discover peace in his life. Meditation was his middle road.
Great video. The most crucial point to understand, and she did mention but only briefly - the goal isn't to silence your thoughts at the behest of your focus, the real goal of this exercise is to try notice each time your mind wanders, be aware that you noticed, then return to your focus on the breath.
In other words, the goal is to notice when you lose focus, then to return your focus.
I heard it explained so well years ago by simple analogy - each time you notice your mind wandering and then simply returning your focus back to your breath, it counts as one rep at the gym. The more reps you do, the stronger you'll become over time. Returning to your breath after noticing a distraction is the goal of mindfulness meditation, and the act of doing it many many many times over many months and years, conditions our minds to become much stronger and generally better focused on baseline as a result.
spot on
Awesome
1. Focusing
2. Noticing
3. Redirecting
do this with your breath for 12 min and you'll be able to feel more present
Cheers! Thanks for saving my time and me from the blah, bah, blah.
If you're having trouble with silencing the mind, the chitter-chatter or the random visual-memories. Just hold the breath: shut your lips and nostrils. Your mind will stop. Thinking and breathing are subtly interlinked. As a human, never forget this...
The more you practice, you'll see you can silence your mind at will and you will be able to go into a deep focus on whatever you enjoy doing within your daily life.
Thank you for this tip. Do i pinch my nose or just stop breathing durinb this exercise?
@@Rin_Chawngthu I pinch sometimes to really become concentrated. If you don't pinch, that's fine, too. Your air will just, in a sneaky and slowly way, release through your nostrils. When you breathe slow, listen to relaxed your heart becomes. It's bpm will go down to about 27-32. It gets your mind to finally be quiet. Like, it is literally mind-blowing, like, blowing away all of your thoughts.
@@krissifadwa wow, tysm. Appreciate it 😊
yes it works
Thank you for this.
This is nothing but mindfulness meditation And obviously it's very effective.
Yeah. I'm glad some of this ancient wisdom is reaching more people, but too bad it's from a "scientists" who blew a bunch of grant money to work out a clunky version of one little slice of what has been around us all along, and then they present it like it's some kind of grand new knowledge that only they have come to understand.
Yes, exactly. Her “focus” exercise is almost exactly the mindfulness exercise I started doing about 40 years ago. I guess we’re calling it ‘mind hack’ now. If it helps it find a new audience, that’s a good thing.
**FARTS**
@@ChristopherOrth this is not a full research result. It's a video tip aimed at mass media. Why do you expect it to be all-inclusive?
Also, scientists analyzed and quantified the parts that gurus claimed you just had to trust. Scientific results are _proven_ effective for the audience they test on. Gurus guess, and if it doesn't work on some, those people go elsewhere.
Think of David goggins
For those who would like to delve into the studies, the “flashlight” meditation type is called focused attention meditation (FAM) and the “floodlight” meditation type is known as open monitoring meditation (OMM). Very interesting to read how they can both train different types of awareness and focus!
OMM ... lol
Thanks fam
Finally a possibly helpful focus tool
thank u
Where can we learn more about this?
Just a friendly reminder that the more videos you watch of this type of stuff won’t actually make any improvements unless you act
Bitter truth right here. Watching videos like these give you a false sensation of achievement that ironically results in losing motivation to actually being productive
100%. I would say 12 minutes are way too long for bgeinners. probably best to start with 2 or 3 minutes
Her voice is incredible! ❤️
As a high functional autistic person I found this practice to be not only useful but necessary, from a really early age... In the present, being somewhat of an experienced meditator, more and more I find myself passing my humble knowledge of this to friends, as they start to see the need to do it in this hypermodern rhythm of life. I would say the world has become ever so overwhelming for them as it was always for me, but at least we face it together now
Fun fact:
For anyone wanting to get into lucid dreaming this is a very great practice. In fact, mindfulness is the key factor of a lucid dream
That, meditation, introspection, and the inability to see my feet in my dreams, finally led to lucid dreaming. 💞
I actively prevent myself from lucid dreaming ~ as soon as I realize it's all a dream, my brain commits revenge by turning it into a nightmare 😃 and then I try to wake myself but I can't, so I get multiple false awakenings and then sleep paralysis ~ Sweet.
@@oddball_oddity While I haven’t experienced that exact situation before, I have experienced something similar, so that definitely sucks.
very interesting comment thank you for sharing@@oddball_oddity
@@oddball_oddity You get what you expect. I find it odd that you phrased it as "my brain commits revenge". Ask yourself where this idea comes from, then apply humor and get over it. For $DIETY's sake, lucid dreaming is FUN and really good for most people's psychological and spiritual well being.
As a meditator, I respect all the focus on the breath and how important that is. This whole video is really describing meditation.
A rose by any other name is still a lotus 🙏🏻
Im 21. I've been struggling hard with anxiety and hipocondría for a long long time for. god sake this video reconeccted me.
I experience enourmous amounts of trauma, child abuse, violence to the resent death of my grandmothers, my grandparent and my motherlas year. I felt lost, feeling that in any moment i was going to die because i wasnt able to control my stress and anxiety. I felt this video teached me again how to be in peace.
To all the lost souls dont give up, suffering is a privilege in the experience of the human Being. Sun is right there for you. Dont search for happines, and it will ask for you. You just have to decide. I love yall. I'll enjoy while im here and i hope we enjoy thogether.
Valen.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:01 🧠 Attention evolved to help the brain process information efficiently by prioritizing and sub-sampling environmental stimuli.
01:07 🔦 Attention is not just about focus; it also includes other systems like the broad and receptive "floodlight" called the alerting system.
02:37 🤹 Executive control is another aspect of attention, like a juggler keeping multiple goals and actions aligned.
03:42 🧘♀️ A breath-focus practice can help train and protect attention from mind wandering by anchoring the flashlight of attention to the breath.
06:49 🌟 The steps of focusing, noticing, and redirecting practiced with the breath can be applied to daily life, serving as a tool for maintaining attention.
Made with HARPA AI
Where can I find this ai ? Is it free?
This is Anapana meditation - First steps in Buddhist meditation called Vipassana Meditation, originated in India. West should give credit where it's due.
This actually worked. Sometimes, my mind is all over the place. I will definitely be using focus, noticing, and redirecting from now. Love this channel.
I know this has nothing to do with religion, but the way she explained reminds me of my grandma. We are Buddhists, and we used to have meditation period during summer holidays. My grandma also sat near me and explained with calm tone while we meditated, almost likely the way she told. It was really wonderful experience and it works guys.
Your analogy of flashlight and floodlight is a great visualization tool that I've already found helpful. Much thanks.
Diagnosed autistic/adhd. This is the BEST EXPLANATION I’ve come across!!!! Love this!! Thank you so much
Thank you for this! Her voice was amazing during this quick meditation.
I've got to say, her voice is always this amazing...
Wow she’s so serene and with a lively but so calming tone. Not just instructional but interesting and immediately helpful video.
Thanks - this is very helpful.
Summary - set a 12 minutes timer , sit down , relax your mind close your eyes and start breathing... normally.... And focus on what you feel while breathing...if you loose Focus go back to again focus on breathing... doing this regularly will make your attention span more
Getting people to meditate without knowing they are meditating
Reminds me of the 10 day vipassana course I did.. Best spent 10 days of my life. Well worth doing.
I did my first vipassana retreat nearly 30 years ago. This video reminds me of day one. Day five was a whole other experience. And today, I can't put into words what years of practice has done for me. I'd highly recommend attending a retreat to almost anyone.
@@Manuka_888 what happened during it?
@@mattsmith1039 An ineffable experience. I'd say complete dissolution but really, words just wouldn't do it justice.
Mindfulness is often discarded as something esoteric, so this kind of videos are great to spread that useful knowledge in a more 'scientific' way.
*Whether you call it "mindfulness meditation" or the ancient yogic practice of **_Pranayama_** - it really doesn't matter what you call it because it works and this is a great introduction*
Meditation is about being, not doing.
Breathing is the simplest way to quiet the mind - some traditions like Transcendental Meditation also use a mantra. Another method is _Yoga Nidra_ or progressive muscle relaxation.
The hardest thing about learning meditation is learning to stop "doing" and to just _be_
It's good to see, that meditation gets more and more promotion.
What a fantastic speaking voice. I'll bet she is a great storyteller. I've heard this advice before even all the way back to Alan Watts, but for some reason this sunk in and made more sense for me. Must be that voice.
3:27 to skip wasting your time. The gist of it is to focus, keep focusing, refocus, and do it for 12 minutes. It's not like you've never heard this before or never tried to focus. Relax.
POV: you are scrolling through the comments, looking for a short summary of the video bc your attention span is too messed up😂😂
more like to see if the video is just trying to drag out 8 minutes while only having 30 seconds of actual information.
You can watch in 1.25x or 1.5X and also read description or the transcripts
@cameron vincent "short summary" - transcript
Caught me off guard 😭
You read my mind. I want it quick.
I like how she has broken down and explained the basics to Mindfulness Practice/Exercise.
This is the number 1 lesson in every meditation guide
This reminds me of the Zazen practice from zen buddhism. I use it to focus and also bring down anxiety. Once, my father's heart pacemaker was defibrillating. My mother and I hurried him to hospital and he sat beside as I drove. I told him to do the zazen practice of breathing. The difference is that I told him to inhale deeply and take longer too exhale, so that he wouldn't hiperventilate. Sometimes my shoulder rubbed his and I could feel the electric shock from his pacemaker defibrillating. Later, we found out the device was defective. My mother told me that the zazen technique helped him a great deal during that crucial moment.
There is another psychological intervention similar to this called "The attention training technique". It involves, over 12 minutes, listening to a series of overlapping sounds, and then periodically switching your focus from sound to sound when a narrator tell you to. Someone on UA-cam has created a lot of 12 minute sound scapes to help you practice, and I've found then helpful...just the right amount of instruction / reminders to refocus your attention.
Edit: I believe the attention training technique is used quite a bit in Metacognitive Therapy.
He voice is so motherly ❤❤
We've been practicing mindfulness for a long time. It was nice to learn a little more about why they work, and to then practice it. Our brain was very disorganised and wandering this morning but practice makes better.
I have this tool that I play with to increase my attention span on a work I currently doing: set a goal on actively seeking an immediate discomfort & celebrate internally if I experience it .. the word immediate is the key here!
How does that work? is it while meditating or while doing something else? if it is actively seems to me its the only thing you are doing?
I didn't know this would end with a meditation but I loved it! She has such a nice vibe, I love how she explained everything very simple.
What an engaging speaker. Bravo. Great, simple mediation.
I love her voice and the way she speaks
This is the best meditation video I've seen till date
Her voice is so soothing ☺️
I find her voice so meaningful and insightful
Years ago I learned this technique, but back then I counted the amount of breath I was taking. Lots of stressed days I used this to calm my self
I don't normally comment on UA-cam channel but this is one of the BEST Big think films I've ever watched. Amazing. Thanks Big Think!
What a beatiful voice! So eloquent!
Her voice is just... so soothing.
Bought and listened to her book on Audible. I definitely enjoyed it and highly recommend it if you want to learn the neuroscience behind meditation practices.
I loved this so much. Without the stress of having to count the breath I was actually able to focus my flashlight on it... for the very first time! Ty❤❤❤
You could also challenge the vaunted multitasking process. Read a difficult book and notice how the distractions intrude. Bring your mind back to the task and eventually this 'executive' function will develop until you can focus up to the the next chapter heading. I used to use a motorbike as well for the same end. Till I could complete a ride and not have thoughts about work, family, or the weekend intrude on the task at hand, enjoying the ride, staying in one piece, etc. I've read that climbing does the same thing. Now retired, and old, I constantly learn new poems/songs and anytime I need them I recite them; going to sleep, exercise (walking only now), the 'office', advertisements (muted), waiting, etc. Don't start with Beowulf. The intensity of mind does make the world more interesting, you see stuff no-one else would notice.
Skateboarding does it for me too. Motorbikes are dangerous because people's mind wander and they ride on auto pilot If I ever catch myself thinking about chores etc. while riding, I give my brain a mental slap / tap on the nose and say "NO!"
This is great advice
The wandering mind will be redirected to oneself by focusing on breath observation. This is great practice for calmness, and relief from anxiety, and depression. One interesting fact I found by practicing this technique regularly we could understand our thoughts and easily be redirected in a positive direction.
I put my focus on several things at once
Multitasking is my thing
It's a creative thing
0:40 cartography, yes, attention
bring it to the EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM ! open discussion with schools, communities , families
This is Buddhist mindfulness meditation . In Pali language it is called Vippasana meditation. She should mention it somewhere in the video
2:42 actions and goals are aligned
3:50 when the real exercise or meditation begin and after 6:01 Sweet dreams ✨
This woman’s voice is perfect
There was something that caught my attention there is really far more information in the environment than can be fully processed. In my experience I often feel that for me to have a full human experience I would need more than just one life, what so far is no possible but we are sharing more and more information and now more than never before information really matters!!😁😁😉😉
She has a soothing voice.
Just as to reach the critical point, you must reach a balance of focus and carelessness or order and chaos, one must experience the moment by maintaining a focus and an unfocus on everything, this is similar to flow. Where to be in a state of flow? You must go down the river and experience everything as it comes to you and be in the moment and watch and experience.
It's kind of like when people warm up they do each action a few times to get the mechanics down to focus on the action before they play a game where they don't focus on the action as much and don't put much care into the specifics of it when they're playing, in the flow of the game in the moment maintaining a balance of focus and watching/experiencing/flowing.
This is great!
And it's very similar to the Heartfulness Meditation, the only thing that differs is that the Flashlight is directed towards the heart, and it's also there for you always just like your breath.
Seeing comments in here say, "oh well this is just mindfulness," but it's rare to see someone actually properly guide you through DOING it as opposed to just describing it. What's more interesting is a lot of science-minded folks have a hard time grasping the spirituality woowoo side of meditation... But if you look at HRV and autonomic nervous system balancing, you find steady deep controlled breathing by way of something like boxed breathing technique, you get similar results because it resets the balance between your sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system.
Your voice is so calming😌
🙏👏 this is amazing advice. It’s so hard to not get distracted in this day and age and I often feel like I’ve forgotten a fundamental part of myself and even how to get back to it. For a brief moment during this exercise I felt myself rather than being outside of myself or within myself and I will definitely be continuing with this exercise.
Watching this video inspired me to contemplate the impact Executive Function, and thus the Beliefs and Emotions present in the sub/un-consciousness, have on Focusing and Noticing with the Attention. The Conscious impacts the sub/un-conscious, and vice-versa, in an integrated feedback loop which can be leveraged for self-improvement.
Awesome Video.
Love your voice
For those on spiritual quest, here is the source of this practice: The Ānāpānasati Sutta (Pāli) or Ānāpānasmṛti Sūtra (Sanskrit), "Breath-Mindfulness Discourse," Majjhima Nikaya 118, is a discourse that details the Buddha's instruction on using awareness of the breath (anapana) as an initial focus for meditation.
3:15 is what you came looking here for.
Mental energy in a precise way
I like the white screen behind the chair, creating that "flashlight effect" (and nice contrasting shirt).
She’s so calming
She is GORGEOUS!!!
Amishi is a fantastic communicator 😎
Here are the key points from the video:
Attention is a powerful tool that we use for many aspects of our lives, such as thinking, feeling, and connecting.
There are three different ways that we can pay attention: focus, alertness, and executive control.
Focus is like a flashlight that shines brightly on a specific piece of information.
Alertness is like a floodlight that allows us to take in a lot of information at once.
Executive control is like a juggler who keeps multiple balls in the air at the same time.
We can train our attention by doing a breath focus practice, which involves focusing on our breath and redirecting our attention back to our breath when it wanders.
This practice can help us to improve our focus, alertness, and executive control.
I hope this is helpful!
Wow.. ancient indian breathing practices. Simply amazing to open up brain and it's completely free.
I could listen to this woman talk all day.. : )
Anapana meditation - Observing breathing as it is without trying to control it
Vipassana meditation - observing sensations all over the body after getting laser focus from Anapana meditation.
This happens with India history , people from other countries copy paste stuff giving different names.
Wow i didn't know .. thank you for sharing with us
Paying attention to the breath is firstly taught in Buddhism, it called Ānāpānasati meditation. It is one of the best way to practice one’s focus.
Really insightful and very calming video. So great!
This is perfect just what we needed more information. 😵💫
Wow so it was as a guided meditation..
Yoga, meditation and pranayam for people who does not want to accept they are doing yoga, meditation and pranayam. Kee practicing ❤
this is the most the most helpful video i have seen ,thank you big think a huge thank you
what useful content thank you for providing this information
"Sub-sample parts of what's going on" this line is gold.
Wow thank you so much it helps me a lot❤️
This reminds me of Sam Harris guided meditation . I think that's where this person learned it from. Thanks for reminding me of this practice.
Breath focus is good. There is a Yoga meditation practice called Tratak. In its advance form you can unlock 360° view and needle pin point focus.
I'm going to try Now ☺️
Thankyou very much. I felt very good
i like to pray...it helps me a lot 👍
Thank you, I need it that, I finally understand how meditation happens and how we can control the runa mock child.
We do this when we try to sleep, we focus on sleeping, then when we can’t we notice it and try to redirect it until we fall asleep.. same cycle
Excellent Video. Meditation for working
You can train yourself in Tibetan Buddhism or Zen Buddhism and try to achieve Samadhi, that may help. Try Shamata with a sign, later shamata without a sign and then open awareness or awareness of awareness also may help.
12:00 practice condensed to 7:24 - that's quite an accomplishment. 🤔🪄🤯
My mind wandered only if I believe it did. If I overreact to the slightest hints of thoughts and associations, then it's a self-fulfilling prophesy. If I consider myself still paying attention to the breath, I can make it true.
If you were struggling with focusing, then you do 12 minutes of meditation. Is there an additional step after your focus on your breath to help focus on the task you were struggling with?
Daily meditations will not suddenly give you an epiphany; it will instead give you in subtle ways a new POV.
Focusing on one thing, like your breath, exercises your focus 'muscle'. It'll make your ability to focus on anything better
I can juggle.
For me, once I'm reeled in my focus, I think about the challenges of the task, or the pieces that make it interesting. I rarely even notice the shift from thinking about this, to actually doing the task.
Thank you all for your responses. I thought I didn't understand some idea. But based on your responses I see that it's a complex next step that wasn't exactly addressed on the video
Thank you for your attention 😴
This is nuanced but Buddha used “observation” rather than “focus” in a nonjudgmental state of mind while focusing on where the breath is felt most. Then maintaining the state of mind as long as possible. I think “focusing” can cause newbies to get stressed or turned off. Nonjudgmental Observation allows for more discovery in life generally. That is how the Buddha discovered Vipassana meditation, which means to see things as they truly are. He went through many experiments (starvation, labor, etc.) to discover peace in his life. Meditation was his middle road.
That was cool. I’ve done a lot of this work. I think it’s helpful.