[Dr. Jezebel]

(10-04-2017, 11:04 AM)myotch Wrote: I must be ADD or something.

Suppressing thoughts, letting them come and gently shooing them away  like butterflies....  I tried for a few days.  I get a swarm of butterflies.

Does it get easier with practice?

Yes. And some of us never stop having intrusive thoughts.

The minute of mindfulness encourages you to acknowledge your thoughts with, "Hmm." then immediately return your focus to your breathing.

You'll find it gets easier to shift focus back to breathing, and that the intrusive thoughts become less frequent. 

We're used to being busy. We're not used to being still.

[BASSENCO]

I've been doing Zhan Zhuang for the last 60 days and have seen good results. There's a 10-part series of it in Youtube. Here is Part 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y07FauHYlmg