{"id":31654,"date":"2020-07-29T10:01:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T10:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-keep-a-clear-mind-during-meditation-time\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:35:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T15:35:24","slug":"how-do-you-keep-a-clear-mind-during-meditation-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-keep-a-clear-mind-during-meditation-time\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you keep a clear mind during meditation time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Jamix W.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I try to just focus on breathing, mostly. Thoughts will float into your mind (or barge in haha), and you just acknowledge they&#39;re there but try not to dwell. After a time, you can &#39;nudge&#39; them away gently&#8230; but it&#39;s all much easier to do if you focus on breathing and how your body is feeling from second to second.<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-601904554\"><div id=\"thefa-2441630976\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Stop wasting your 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>Start living today<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Aloys H.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I\u2019m not sure if this is how I\u2019m supposed to do it but I have an 8 month old baby and find the best time to meditate is in the shower. It\u2019s the most relaxing place I can escape to. I sit down in the tub and let the hot water fall on me while I hit play on the meditation. I also say in my head \u201cfocus\u201d and or \u201cconcentrate\u201d when I start thinking of tasks and items I need on the grocery list. That brings me back to thinking of just my breathing.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Andy B.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I love to listen to relaxing music and just concentrate on that. I let my mind flow with the sound of the river or with the sound of the wind. When you do this you just stop thinking and worrying about the things of the world<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Izzy N.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I choose a room that\u2019s quiet. I use all my favorite blankets and essential oils. I focus on my breathing and think about peaceful places like the beach. Smell of essential oils really helps me relax<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Kelsey N.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I don&#39;t. And neither should you. Meditation is not about eliminating thoughts from your head. It&#39;s about realizing that these thoughts are always happening, observing them without judging (which is hard!), and actively deciding to focus on something else instead (your breathing, a mantra, etc). However, we do develop tools to help us remember where our focus should be. One method that you should look up is called Noting. It is a very simple (but not necessarily easy) way to stop engaging with a thought and remind yourself to focus instead on your breath. To do it, you simply practice identifying when you&#39;re distracted and identify the distraction as either &quot;thinking&quot; or &quot;feeling&quot; and when you identify the thought it helps you say &quot;oh I&#39;m not focusing right now, I&#39;m thinking&#x2F;feeling. Let me focus&quot;. I think headspace has a little animated video about this. https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;FjI9v-VYwZY<br \/>\nI hope this helps!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Rossana N.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Don&#39;t do other stuff in the meantime.don&#39;t meditate while you are waiting for coffee or any other event where you might be interrupted .this time is for you to focus only on your mind. The goal is not to clear your mind, but to refocus it with kindness on your breath everytime it wonders<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamix W. I try to just focus on breathing, mostly. 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