Hello and in today's episode we're going to practicing human the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life.

I'm your host, Corey Miskara, and in today's episode we're going to talk about a more effective way to cultivate focus.

More to come on that in a moment.

First, let's settle in together with the sound of the bells. Okay. Okay, so there are a lot of reasons why we might want to develop focus.

It could be to be more productive in our day-to-day life,

could be to sustain our attention during a conversation,

and it could also be because we're trying to meditate

and we find that our attention is

scattered and it's hard to be centered. Focus, the ability to pay attention and

sustain attention is a useful skill in all domain. attention and

for a lot of us when we try to focus, there's a useful skill in all domains of life.

But it can be difficult.

And for a lot of us, when we try to focus,

there tends to be a more forceful effort involved. I know this has been my

conditioning ever since I was young anytime I needed to focus on something it always felt forceful as if I was

ripping my attention from where it wanted to go and really just trying to keep it and

sustain it there.

And I also found in my meditation practice early on

there was the same sort of approach to the practice.

I know my mind's all over the place.

I have to focus on something such as the breath.

And I'm going to be really diligent in keeping my attention there.

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