Train Your Attention, Not Your Thoughts

“I was the one suffering from this and on the other hand I was the one clearly creating the suffering.” A mind that wouldn’t stop at night, and the strange position of being both the one suffering and the one causing it. She offers no secret and says so plainly. What she offers instead is a practice that works the same whether you have sat for thirty years or three minutes. First, find an anchor your attention actually likes returning to. Then, once it begins to settle there, a second step that changes your relationship to the thoughts rather than fighting them. In this talk: Why rumination is so hard to simply stop Marrying attention to intention Finding an anchor, and what to do if the breath is not yours When the mind wanders, and why self-judgment makes it worse Becoming the space in which thoughts arise Tatsudo Nicole Baden is a Zen teacher. Her teachings combine traditional Zen wisdom with modern life. Subscribe to the Newsletter: Dharma Academy updates + upcoming events 👉 https://courses.dharmaacademy.com/dha... Take your first steps toward practice with the Dharma Academy. This is a free, 3-day journey: 👉 https://courses.dharmaacademy.com/fre... Visit the Dharma Sangha Practice Centers: 👉 Dharma Sangha US https://www.dharmasangha.org 👉 Dharma Sangha Europe https://www.dharma-sangha.de Learn more about the Dharma Academy: 👉 https://www.dharmaacademy.com #zen #meditation #rumination #overthinking #mindfulness #buddhism #zenpractice