Meditation – Psychological Resilience for Parents

Focused Meditation is a sample activity for the Meditation chapter.

Title

Focused Meditation

Area

the body and senses

Methodology

Meditation

Aim of the activity

Silence the monkey mind from thoughts. Focus on the present moment.

Target group

parents
the adult educators

Duration

5 min

Video

LINK AVAILABLE AFTER LTT

Description

Choose a place where you won’t be distracted for the next 5 minutes.
Sit comfortable (on the floor in lotus pose or on a chair) with a straight torso.
Close your eyes and just breathe. focus on your breath while many thoughts may emerge, let them be and let them go, by focusing on your breath.
Count backwards from 7 to 1, while taking full breaths, repeating mentally “inhale 7- exhale 7, inhale 6- exhale 6,…, inhale 1- exhale 1”.
Stay calm for a few more minutes with closed eyes and focus on the natural flow of your breath.
Open your eyes.

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Reflection

Anything that you do with total attention is meditation.

Source

Matko K., & Sedlmeier P., (2019). What Is Meditation? Proposing an Empirically Derived Classification System. Front. Psychol., https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02276
Sharma H., (2015). Meditation: Process and effects. Ayu. Jul-Sep; 36(3): 233–237.

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