 In this video, I'm going to teach these two kids how to focus. What is up everybody? This is Chris from the Rewired Soul, where we talk about the problem, but focus on the solution. And I have some guests today. These are my beautiful girlfriends, little brothers. Do me a favor and introduce yourself real quick. Hello, my name is Vinny. And what's your name? Hello, my name is Justin. Yes, so something that a lot of kids deal with. My son deals with it too. And it's just part of human nature is that our minds tend to wander. So in the natural resting state of the mind, it just starts creating stories and bouncing all over the place. And as you probably know, in school, that's not too good. Or when a parent is trying to tell you something or even a big sister, you know, your mind's wandering, not good. So last night, I had Vinny over here, write down some notes and let me do a pop quiz real quick. Vinny, how many thoughts on average does the human brain have each day? 50,000 to 70,000. Boom! 50 to 70,000. So I have Vinny do a little experiment today. I told him to write down and see if he could track how many thoughts he noticed came up. What number did you come up with? 51. It was probably more. 51,000? No. Okay. So something I talk about with mindfulness and meditation a lot. A lot of people think that it's meant to stop thinking, but it's about noticing thinking. So guess what? You already did some mindfulness today. So like I said, this is about training the brain to kind of notice when our thoughts wander. And this is important. So my man, Joseph, what was yesterday, Joseph? Yesterday was my birthday. It was his birthday. How old did you turn? 11. All right. So he turned 11. He got a bunch of Xbox gift cards, started playing the heck out of Fortnite. So Joseph, let's talk real quick. So let's say you're playing Fortnite with your friends, right? You get a port of Ford or whatever you got. And all of a sudden you're playing and your friend needs you to cover his back and build a wall or something. And all of a sudden the cat's running by and you're like, oh, hey cat, what happened to your friend? They're like, what? And then they're like, come on, come on, he's fine. Exactly. So you see, so even in a video game, if your mind wanders and you're not paying attention, bad things can happen in video games. But Vinny, you were doing this experiment in school. Like, how did you notice thoughts wandering in class? Or when did you notice them? So it was mostly during lunch because, you know, it's like free time. You don't really focus on the lesson or teaching. So it's like, you're just like wandering, thinking of all the stuff and like, hello, hello, answer me. Yeah. So what kind of problems could that come up with in school if you're not paying attention? You could get a bad grade when it comes up with a test. And that's no good, right? Yeah. Exactly. So there's a million different reasons why it's important to train our mind. So there is actually a part of the brain that is responsible for focus and attention. And every time we practice mindfulness, just a present moment awareness, it actually strengthens that muscle. All right. So I'm going to teach you guys a very simple mindfulness lesson. All right. So in mindfulness, what we talk about is having an anchor. Okay. So, Joseph, do you know what the anchor is? It's like an anchor is like when, like it's on a pirate ship and then like a pirate ship and then like they, you know. Yeah. So what does an anchor do for a boat? Like it seals, it like it makes it stop. Makes it stop? Yeah. Beautiful. Beautiful. So what happens if the anchor isn't down? Like it keeps on going. Keeps going. So think about the brain, like the boat. Okay. So if we don't have an anchor, that mind just drifts out to sea and it gets lost. So you're like in class, you're chilling, you're listening to the teacher and you're like, oh, I can't wait to get home and play some Fortnite, right? And you're like, oh, I wonder who's going to be online. Oh, I wonder if my friends are going to play. Oh, I wonder if I'm going to get more V box. Oh, the next thing you know, classes over your failure test and get back rates. That's not fun, right? Yeah. Okay. Cool. So today we're going to be using our breath as an anchor. So this is really easy. It's so simple. You guys, please bear with me. All right. So all we're going to do, we're going to close our eyes in a second. I'll tell you when to start and you're just going to focus on your breath, the in and the out and your mind is going to want to drift out to sea. And every time that happens, just say the word thinking in your head. And after you notice the thought, just bring it back to the breath. All right. The more that we do that, it's kind of like a game. It's a little bit of a game. Thought breath, thought breath, thought breath, thought breath. Every time you do that, that muscle gets a little bit stronger and you're going to be buff. You're going to be buff, Joseph. All right. Okay. So just sit up straight. All right. And just take a deep inhale in through your nose. And as you exhale, just gently close your eyes. Let's just take a few deep breaths. Just notice how your stomach rises and falls. I go ahead and just bring your breath back to a normal rhythm. You can either focus on your belly going up and down or your chest. You can even use the anchor of your mouth or your nose where you notice the air coming in and out. Just every time a thought comes up, if you want to get up from your seat, you start thinking about video games or even school, just bring it back to your breath. As the air comes in and out, see if you can see like what the temperature is. Is it hot or cold? All right. So let's take a deep inhale in through the nose and exhale and gently open your eyes. All right. How was that? How was your brain? It was like, it was wandering. And like, I was thinking about Fortnite and all that stuff. And then I transferred it to my breath and then my breath and then it started to get a little warm. Was it hard to keep bringing your attention back to your breath? Yeah. It was hard? Yeah, it was a little bit hard. How about you Vinny? It felt good. It felt good? Did you have a million thoughts going through your head? Yeah. It's like everything is like everything in your head. Yeah. So now it's a lot easier to see how it's 50 to 70,000, right? Yeah. Yeah. No. And that's the thing. Our brains are constantly going. That's why I try to teach people when they're like, oh, I want to stop my thoughts. You ain't never stopping your thoughts, right? Like if I sat here right now and said, don't think about ice cream, guess what you're gonna think about? Ice cream. Like it just happens. So like I said, this is just a muscle that we're training. So all you got to do, I'm letting you know right now, all you got to do to this five minutes a day, five minutes. You got five minutes? Yeah. Yeah. Sometimes what I do in between deaths, because I die a lot of video games as you know. In between deaths, I'll just take a few mindful breaths and get myself back in the moment. All right? All right. So can you guys do that? Maybe five minutes a day when you remember? Beautiful. All right. Thank everybody for watching. Thank you for watching. Like this video and RKO that subscribe button. And if you want to watch some other videos on this channel, you can click or tap right there. But thank you so much for watching. Be mindful today and we'll see you next time. Say bye. Bye. Bye.