INCREASING CONCENTRATION

Posted by Coach Excellence on June 22, 2017 in Mind Work | ∞

HOW TO INCREASE YOUR CONCENTRATION

Are you the master of your mind? Or the master of you is mind? These concentration exercises will help you to master your mind.

Take a book and count words in any page of it.

Count the number of “t” or “s” on the page or paragraph

Count from 100 back to 1

Count from 100 to 1 skipping each 3 numbers like 100, 97, 94, 91 etc.

Take a fruit, an apple, orange, banana and hold it in your hands.

Examine the fruit from all its sides, while keeping your whole attention focused on it. Do not let yourself be carried away by irrelevant thoughts or associated thoughts that might arise, such as about the shop were you bought it, about how and where it was grown, its nutritive value, etc. Stay calm, while trying to ignore these thoughts and not be interested in them. Just look at the fruit, focus your attention on it without thinking about anything else, and examine its shape, smell, taste and the sensation it gives when touching and holding it.

Visualize the fruit. This is similar to the previous exercise, only that this time you visualize the fruit instead of looking at it. Start by looking at the fruit and examining it for about 2 minutes, just before, and then close your eyes, and try to see, smell, taste and touch the fruit in your imagination. Try to see a clear and well defined image. If the image becomes blurred, open your eyes, look at the fruit for a short while, and then close your eyes and continue the exercise. It might help if you imagine the fruit held in your hands, as in the previous exercise, or imagine it standing on a table.

Draw figures.

Draw a small geometrical figure, about 5cm in size, such as a triangle, a rectangular or a circle, colour it anyway you wish, and concentrate on it. You should see only the figure, nothing else. Only the figure exists for you now, with no unrelated thoughts or any distractions. Try not to think with words during the exercise. Watch the figure in front of you and that’s it. Try not to strain your eyes.

Now same as before, visualize the figure with the eyes closed. As before, if you forget how the figure looks like, open your eyes for a few seconds and watch the figure and then close your eyes and visualise.

Enjoy the Challenge and stay mentally alert (cos the world needs more “lerts”)