| Meditation helps with focus, concentration and | | | | gardening. You focus only on the physical and |
| attention. Children as well as adults can be taught | | | | emotional components of that activity and filter |
| to meditate and there are now many studies | | | | out anything else. This is a form of meditation |
| showing that even 10 minutes of meditation a | | | | that is great for people with ADHD as it combines |
| day can improve concentration. None of this is | | | | exercise and meditation. |
| too surprising as when you meditate you are | | | | Mindfulness meditation involves becoming deeply |
| purposely telling your brain to focus on one thing | | | | aware of the here and now and not analyzing, |
| and to filter out distractions. These exercises, that | | | | just observing your current state of being. One |
| make our brain practice attending, are like mental | | | | point meditation and guided imagery meditation |
| ADHD aerobics. | | | | involves focusing on one thing. This form of |
| Just as our muscles get stronger when we use | | | | meditation has been studied extensively and has |
| them for certain tasks. Our brain too gets | | | | been found to be helpful in people with ADHD. |
| stronger when we do exercises that strengthen | | | | Below I have listed three guided imagery |
| our weaknesses. There are several different | | | | meditations that the Huffington Post suggested |
| types of meditation. Buddhist monks routinely do | | | | are an easy way to get you started on your |
| something called compassion meditation where | | | | way to better attention. Before you began with |
| they think about the suffering in the world. | | | | the meditation get in a comfortable place where |
| Other types of meditation include breathing | | | | your body and mind are relaxed, pay attention |
| meditation which involves paying attention to your | | | | only to the image in your mind's eye and |
| breathing while breathing deeply. Mantra meditation | | | | concentrate deeply on that image. Ok, now you |
| involves repeating something over and over again | | | | can begin! |
| and focusing only on the mantra. Meditating on | | | | Travel back, in your mind's eye, to a time when |
| loving kindness is a type of meditation where you | | | | you felt a healthy exhaustion after hiking, biking, |
| think of the most loving gift of kindness that you | | | | playing sports.., and let you re-live that moment |
| have ever received and you look at this gesture | | | | as vividly as you can. |
| with as many details as possible. | | | | Then, remember, re-experience, a loving |
| Empty mind meditation involves clearing your mind | | | | exchange that really touched you. Pause. See |
| of everything. I believe that this is almost | | | | your partner. See the moment. Smell it. Hear |
| impossible for anyone with ADHD. When I was | | | | what happened around you. |
| younger I tried to do this type of meditation and | | | | Now, travel to the most magnificent place you |
| failed miserably. It seems as though my mind is | | | | have seen. Enjoy the views. Pause. Listen. Smile. |
| incapable of not thinking. | | | | Appreciate. |
| Activity meditation involves paying attention to an | | | | Way to go!! You meditated. |
| activity that you are doing such as walking or | | | | |