Focusing your mind

It turns out that if you practice techniques of focusing your mind several times a week, you will actually bring about beneficial changes in the parts or your brain that help you concentrate and prevent stress. Musicians who know how to focus their minds have more success and satisfaction in their practicing and performing. If you learn what focusing means, you can apply the same technique to your practice sessions to improve the quality of your concentration and stamina. You can read more about this in our flashcard section “Focussing.” Mental Study and Orientation techniques are also types of focusing.

You can read more about it by following these links to Harvard University:

Read these two short articles from Harvard University:
“Eight weeks to a better brain” and “Benefits of Mindfulness”