A 5-Minute Practice For a Restless Mind

A restless mind and unable to focus?

Try 12 conscious breaths with thumb counting.

With counting, you use our left thumb to count the 3 segments of four fingers to get 12. Touch of the thumb and feeling of each breath help you feel anchored and rest in the present moment.

Place your left thumb at the segment 1, know you are breathing in and breathing out. Move the thumb to segment 2, know you are breathing in and breathing out…. In this manner, continue breathing till the thumb reaches 12. (You can see a spiral counting flow in the photo.)

Once you complete 12 breaths, relax your hands and rest for sometime.

Reflection

One day, you’ll look back and realise that you worried too much about things that didn’t really matter

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