Meditation can be a successful tool to calm the mind and increase focus and attention span. Think of it as working out your mind even though there’s no real work to it other than determination and patience.
Step 1: Set aside enough time in your daily routine for meditating. Use a gentle alarm/reminder and start with 5 – 10 minutes and progress as you feel like. I like to start the day with some tea and a 15 minute session of meditation. It helps get me through the day with an inner calm that’s helpful in tackling everyday problems.
Step 2: Find a good spot – Try and find a location that’s isolated and free of noise. It helps in avoiding distractions.
Step 3: How to meditate – keep eyes open (looking towards the ground/feet if your sitting on a chair); fold your hands and keep them around navel area. When it comes to the position, the only things that matter is to be comfortable and sit without leaning on anything. Sit on a chair, sit on the ground and just avoid leaning. Then start to breathe in and out with your nose only and count each one up to 10 and then start again
Step 4: “Let your attention rest on the flow of your breath. Listen to it and follow it. The goal is to allow the “chattering” in your mind to gradually fade away”. Once this is achieved, you will feel in tune with your surroundings and this will build patience and help you a lot…
For a more in depth step by step process, check out: http://m.wikihow.com/Meditate
