Is there an easy way to achieve a better sense of focus and concentration? You know that when you’re disturbed, or it’s difficult to concentrate, it can affect your judgment and even the quality of your work. Here are some simple things you can do to increase your ability to stabilize your mind no matter what kind of environment you’re in.

Of course, meditation is a good way to develop resilience to stress. During meditation, you create more than just a mental space to achieve a certain degree of enlightenment. You involve the whole being, including the marvelous attributes of your heart to bring you a sense of what HeartMath calls ‘coherence’, which included the heart, mind, body, emotions and spirit.

The effects of meditation vary from person to person, and even on the conditions you may be facing. Factors such as mood, your unique character and individuality all come into play. Meditation is a way to better understand and appreciate the uniqueness your life and who you are. Contemplation of even the simple things help in achieving a more enlightened consciousness.

A quiet space conducive for reflection, attention to breathing, and perhaps a mantra for concentration are some ingredients of meditation. While sitting in meditation is considered the basic and most efficient form of meditation, there are other ways. You can create other forms of meditation once you establish a regular practice.

When you set your mind for meditation, you are creating a space in which your focus can stay more attuned. You begin to integrate your spiritual essence and mental awareness more with your physical and mental rhythms. Simple breathing and focusing on breath is a powerful meditation. Try it for 5 minutes, and see over a few days what this brings.

As meditation becomes part of your routine, you’ll find that the time you take to stop and make a connection with your process of meditation becomes familiar and comforting.

So what should you do when the place you are into is not conducive for meditation? Here are suggestions for helping to establish more focus and concentration:

1. Direct your attention to a spot in the room
2. Listen attentively to your breathing
3. Focus on a small object
4. Listen to relaxing, healing music or look at soothing colors

Later you can use any of these to momentarily reactivate the feelings you experience during meditation to extend them beyond the practice period. You can be creative in modifying your own methods of meditation, when you break your patterns and make your imagination work.

HeartMath has some excellent tools for finding your focus and bringing the effects of your meditation into the normal routine of your life to help you avoid or mitigate stress. For more information about all of HeartMath’s products
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Norman Shealy also makes a product that can help calm down and relieve stress. This can be useful to get yourself set for meditation, or any time you need assistance with shifting your mental and emotional state.