Have you ever found yourself buried under a mountain of tasks, drowning in the neverending demands of your professional, social or family life? Do you sometimes feel like your thoughts are a chaotic storm, making it challenging to find clarity and true rest?
When our energy is scattered and disconnected, yoga can provide respite from overwhelm and mental fatigue. As some studies show, its efficacy in strengthening our attentional networks and regulating our emotions can even be transformative for people suffering from AHDH .
But which kind of yoga should we practice to calm an easily distractible mind? Before delving into pranayama and meditation —powerful tools, which might require an already sophisticated capacity to maintain sustained attention — asana can be an accessible entry point to quieten our verbal chatter and cultivate concentration. By offering a good combination of physical engagement and relaxation, and providing internal sensations to track, this limb of yoga can reduce the intensity of our mental distractions and train our brain to focus on the present moment experience.