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Daily Meditation Podcast

#459 Meditation to Calm + Focus Your Mind

Daily Meditation Podcast

Mary Meckley

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Alternative Health

4.11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2015

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Meditation to calm and focus your mind using a simple yet powerful breathing technique. You'll also discover what it truly means to have ADHD. You may even discover that you have ADHD tendencies in ways you never expected. The information shared is based on the best selling book, "Staying Focused in a Hyper World," by internationally acclaimed relationship expert, Dr. John Gray. You'll also discover Dr. Gray's findings on how reducing oxidative stress helps your brain work better. You'll learn why oxidative stress may be contributing to brain health issues such as ADHD, anxiety, and depression. Every day this week you'll explore a meditation technique to focus your mind customized on one of the core principles Dr. Gray shares in his book, "Staying Focused In A Hyper World." One of the greatest benefits of meditation is that it helps you focus your thoughts so you can live your life more fully. This is part 3 of a 7-Part Meditation Series For Focus, Episodes 457-463. You can find out more about Dr. John Gray and his book, as well as all the meditation techniques shared in this week's series at www.SipandOm.com. As always, you don't have to do the meditation techniques -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation. For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Sample from a selection of resources including: *a Free 100-Day Meditation Quest you can join *a Free Meditation Bundle to get started meditating *a Free Sleep Technique to Sleep Better *a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique *a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating. Resources: Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Daily Meditation podcast, and this is Mary Meckley, welcoming you to episode 4.59.

0:13.1

And in today's guided meditation, we continue following Dr. John Gray's book on staying focused in a hyper world. And today is a

0:27.2

Tuesday and every Tuesday we do a breathing technique. And so today's breathing technique is about

0:35.8

focus, focusing your mind.

0:40.4

So go ahead and get nice and settled wherever you are meditating, whether you're seated

0:46.1

in a chair or maybe you're sitting on the ground as you meditate like I happen to be right

0:53.1

now. Straighten your spine. Start to relax the

1:00.6

different areas of your body where you're likely to hold your attention. Just scan your body.

1:08.4

We'll start from the top of your head and work all the way down your body.

1:13.6

Just briefly noticing where you may be holding tension and releasing it.

1:20.6

So close your eyes gently and keep them uplifted as they're closed.

1:32.3

Relax your face and your jaw.

1:38.1

Relax your neck and your throat.

1:43.0

Feel your chest relax. And feel the shoulders relax and soften

1:50.0

relax your arms and your hands

1:56.0

place your hands on your lap with your palms upward or downward, whichever feels best for you.

2:05.8

Relax your stomach.

2:08.2

Let it soften.

2:10.0

Let your whole stomach hang out.

2:13.8

So don't try to suck your stomach in as you're meditating.

2:18.3

That causes more anxiety in your body.

2:23.3

Relax your hips and your thighs.

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