Relaxation and meditation are the first steps to increasing mind power.
The ability to control thought and brain activity has fascinated people since the dawn of time. Training your mind to relax, concentrate and to promote motivation and confidence takes practice, determination and education, but is not an unachievable goal. People who have a very active mind may have more of a challenge than others learning calm it and focus. The best way to learn how make your mind more powerful, is to set a goal that you know to be attainable, before you set ones that require more control.
Instructions
1. Sit in a relaxing position in a quiet room to prepare for the meditation that will clear your mind. Take a few unhurried, deep breaths, inhaling and exhaling through your nose. Concentrate on your breathing, keeping it deep and slow. Use awareness of your body to relax each muscle and to slow your heart rate.
2. Close your eyes and form mental images of goals you would like to reach; think about the aromas, tastes, feelings and sounds associated with it. Think of your goal and concentrate on how best to achieve it. Do not let distracting thoughts come into your mind. If they do, go back to concentrating on your breathing, until you're ready to focus again.
3. Formulate the steps that it will take to reach your goal. If you have trouble keeping your mind on the one thing you'd like to achieve, take a break and practice the skill of concentration by playing a simple game that involves concentration techniques, such as the card game where you lay out 52 cards face-down and turn over two cards at a time, until you find a pair.
4. Divide complex tasks into smaller ones and perform each one individually. Do not give up a task when tempted to do so. Promise yourself instead, that you can stop it after five more intervals. Consider your own needs, and do not attempt to push yourself at times when your energy has waned. or that you feel stressed about an unrelated issue.
5. Visualize your goal frequently and reaffirm that this is what you are going to be able to do, while telling yourself that you love the process and will love the outcome of your actions.
6. Reward your efforts by doing something relaxing or entertaining.
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