Focused attention heals procrastination

Focused attention is the first step in learning the meditation. 

We concentrate our attention on our breathing, letting it flow effortlessly and freely. Sooner or later, our mind will start to explore something, and our goal will be to switch back again to our inhale and exhale.

Has it ever happened to you? You do something significant and suddenly realize that you already half an hour are thinking about some side-things like home issues or words of the song you heard in the morning?

You try to get back to work, but again you fly away to other places. If it sounds familiar and you are willing to change it –the practice of focused attention is just for you.

Buddha monks who had mastered focused attention for more than 10 000 hours were asked to meditate in an MRI camera. They not only meditated but also pushed the button each time they lost their concentration. To be exact at the moment, they realize it.

Scientists could easily detect then occasional thoughts took over the monks' brain by looking for activity in corresponding areas of the brain. The less experienced in meditation spent more time in occasional reflections, and the reaction to that was slower. 

During real meditation, the brain was tranquil and demonstrated activity just in one prefrontal area of the brain associated with concentration. In general, people from the control group were losing focus without noticing it.

Still, scientists noticed the big difference between people practicing meditation and beginners.

Every skill we have is a result of training. We train our muscles and also can train the brain. Ability to think objectively, be patient, love people, and perceiving the world as it is – are the same skills as all else. Meditation is one way to train your neurons to feel happier in this life.

Take 10 minutes a day and spent it following your breathing. 

Feel the fresh air entering your body and leaving it. Calmly go back to breathing If some thought will take your attention. Do it every day for longer than a month and mention the change in the quality of your life.