{"id":17365,"date":"2019-10-31T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T14:57:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T14:57:20","slug":"how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"how do you stay focused during meditation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Leslie P.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I wait until everyone is out of my house. The house is nice and quiet there\u2019s nothing going on. I\u2019m waiting till everyone is out of my house. My house is nice and quiet there\u2019s nothing going on. Then I put on my fav. Sounds and just breath through a nice meditation. Sometimes I mix meditation with yoga. I feel great after that.<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-2526659617\"><div id=\"thefa-1207433753\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Start living your best life<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/start.thefabulous.co\/onboarding\/fabulous-initial?utm_source=community-qa&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=afterfirstquestionoranswer-purple-achievegoals\" class=\"banner-cta red w-inline-block\">\r\n<div>Try now<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Istvan E.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Keep noting your breath. Think &quot;in&quot; as you inhale and &quot;out&quot; as you exhale. Sometimes I mark my breaths with &quot;here&quot; and &quot;now.&quot; I find this helpful because during my therapy for anxiety, I was told meditation helps bring you to the present moment and stop your brain wandering into the past or future (where anxiety usually comes from!) If you lose focus, don&#39;t be hard on yourself. Just bring your focus back to your breath and let you mind settle into it. It takes practice, but you&#39;ll notice yourself getting better if you keep trying!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Logan Z.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Practice. And you have to be patient. Some days are harder than others. Don\u2019t be to hard on yourself. And try different things. Lying down, sitting, music, no music. An app or just a timer.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Christopher Z.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I focus on my breath, and if my mind wanders I stry to bring it back to my breath, just feeling all the sensations of in and out. Sometimes this is not easy, and my mind wanders with every exhale. But when I notice, I aim to come back to the breath and hold my thoughts there a moment.<br \/>\nWhat can also help is lighting a candle and focusing on the flame, the shape and movement, the brightness, and this can help, especially when the room is dark.<br \/>\nA mantra to repeat, a simple ohm sound, also helps give the mind somewhere to settle.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Edeolinda O.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">This used to be difficult for me. For my first few meditations, I even fell asleep! I found that once I got into breath control or body scan, it helped me hold my focus and stay attentive. I\u2019ve been using the Balance app for these skills and it\u2019s been wonderful.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Victor Z.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Thanks for the question. To stay focused during meditation, I visualize the waves of the ocean, going out with the in breath and coming to shore with the out breath. Sometimes, I  choose a sound, \u201cAh\u201d with the in breath, \u201cohm\u201d with the out breath. It\u2019s ok to get distracted, just gently note it (thinking or feeling) and move your attention back to the breath. Best of luck. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Maur Lio C.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">For me, part of meditation is letting go of the need to practice correctly and to just allow my experience to be what it is.  Accepting that my mind will  naturally wander allows me to just notice when I&#39;ve drifted off and bring my attention back.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Ronnie Q.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">More guided exercises are better when you are starting. As you gain more practice, you can try longer meditation with less guidance. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leslie P. I wait until everyone is out of my house. The house is nice and quiet there\u2019s nothing going on. I\u2019m waiting till everyone is out of my house. My house is nice and quiet there\u2019s nothing going on. Then I put on my fav. Sounds and just breath through a nice meditation. Sometimes I mix meditation with yoga. I feel great after that&#8230;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>how do you stay focused during meditation? | Fabulous Community<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"how do you stay focused during meditation? Discover the tips of the Fabulous members to set your perfect daily routine and get your habits to stick.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"how do you stay focused during meditation? | Fabulous Community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"how do you stay focused during meditation? Discover the tips of the Fabulous members to set your perfect daily routine and get your habits to stick.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Fabulous Community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-31T09:50:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-19T14:57:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"amine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"amine\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"amine\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#\/schema\/person\/d885ec79f0f361b2c8d1f55efc087194\"},\"headline\":\"how do you stay focused during meditation?\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-31T09:50:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-19T14:57:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/\"},\"wordCount\":526,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Meditate\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/\",\"name\":\"how do you stay focused during meditation? | Fabulous Community\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-31T09:50:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-19T14:57:20+00:00\",\"description\":\"how do you stay focused during meditation? Discover the tips of the Fabulous members to set your perfect daily routine and get your habits to stick.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"how do you stay focused during meditation?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/\",\"name\":\"Fabulous Community\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Fabulous Community\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/logo-black-n-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/logo-black-n-1.png\",\"width\":1702,\"height\":360,\"caption\":\"Fabulous Community\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefabstory\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#\/schema\/person\/d885ec79f0f361b2c8d1f55efc087194\",\"name\":\"amine\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"how do you stay focused during meditation? | Fabulous Community","description":"how do you stay focused during meditation? Discover the tips of the Fabulous members to set your perfect daily routine and get your habits to stick.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"how do you stay focused during meditation? | Fabulous Community","og_description":"how do you stay focused during meditation? Discover the tips of the Fabulous members to set your perfect daily routine and get your habits to stick.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/","og_site_name":"Fabulous Community","article_published_time":"2019-10-31T09:50:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-12-19T14:57:20+00:00","author":"amine","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"amine","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/"},"author":{"name":"amine","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#\/schema\/person\/d885ec79f0f361b2c8d1f55efc087194"},"headline":"how do you stay focused during meditation?","datePublished":"2019-10-31T09:50:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-12-19T14:57:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/"},"wordCount":526,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Meditate"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/","name":"how do you stay focused during meditation? | Fabulous Community","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-10-31T09:50:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-12-19T14:57:20+00:00","description":"how do you stay focused during meditation? Discover the tips of the Fabulous members to set your perfect daily routine and get your habits to stick.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-stay-focused-during-meditation-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"how do you stay focused during meditation?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/","name":"Fabulous Community","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#organization","name":"Fabulous Community","url":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/logo-black-n-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/logo-black-n-1.png","width":1702,"height":360,"caption":"Fabulous Community"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefabstory\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#\/schema\/person\/d885ec79f0f361b2c8d1f55efc087194","name":"amine"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17365"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17365"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43549,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17365\/revisions\/43549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}