So usually our minds really feel stressed, scattered, and simply pulled off monitor. We wish to keep current, however distractions, outdated patterns, and emotional turbulence preserve sweeping us away. On this discuss, visitor instructor Sean Fargo explores how focus and mindfulness work hand-in-hand—serving to us discover security within the physique, regular the thoughts, and domesticate the form of stillness that brings peace, readability, and pleasure.
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Discuss: Easy methods to Keep Current Longer
Timecodes & important subjects:
- 00:01 – Mindfulness & focus – Two ends of the identical stick
- 03:50 – Breath & physique consciousness – Bringing consideration into the stomach
- 05:34 – Visible focus – Candle flame, crystal, or Buddha picture
- 07:24 – Refuge in simplicity – From busyness to peace
- 09:14 – Counting breaths – Coaching the thoughts with easy focus
- 12:21 – Readability & perspective – Stillness as a reset for all times
- 16:37 – Jhanas & pleasure – Happiness by concentrated states
- 20:13 – Every day apply – Extending presence into life off the cushion
- 23:58 – Hindrances & antidotes – Working with restlessness, doubt, sloth
- 41:14 – Loving-kindness & grief – Assembly tenderness with compassion
- 48:23 – Patterns in relationships – Attraction, availability, and self-recognition
A Meditation: Easy methods to Keep Current Longer
On this light meditation, we regular the thoughts by opening the center. By recalling moments of goodness and gratitude, we assist the nervous system really feel protected, which naturally fosters calm focus. Transferring by the breath, sounds, sights, and the felt sense of the physique, we relaxation consideration on easy objects—just like the nostrils, the stomach, or the heartbeat—coming residence time and again to a peaceable presence.
Sean Fargo is a former Buddhist monk, Founding father of Mindfulness Workouts, and former employees at Spirit Rock Meditation Heart. He teaches mindfulness for the E.P.A., N.O.A.A., Conscious Fed, numerous Olympic Groups, healthcare facilities, faculties, hospitals, and prisons.
