Can someone really improve their concentration in just 17 minutes through practice?

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Has anyone experimented with a 17-minute practice that states it can ‘rewire the brain’ for better attention and focus? Has it been effective?

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He said he wasnt going to tell us to meditate and then told us to meditate
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See bro, you're focus and attention is better already.
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​@@AkinyemiOshiyemi isnt that the kind of meditation zen practitioners do? Mindful meditation?
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yes.
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This is basic vipassana mindfulness meditation. Call it whatever you like, since it is so phenomenally beneficial, and this has been known for two thousand years, now recently Acknowledged by neuroscience, why not practice it daily? It also helps with anxiety, relationships and overall health and well being. And it’s free!
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exactly
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Definitely gonna try the focus shifting. I recently started using a CPAP. When my PTSD  is triggered, the next time I'm home, I lay down wearing my CPAP and focus on breathing. It helps!
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I’ve been meditating most days for the last 15 years. I also teach meditation to my yoga students both in studios and have in public schools K-12th grades. People make meditation to be more complicated than it is. Just focusing on your breathing and having your eyes closed is a great way to start. Try 5min a day then add an extra minute every week. In a few months you’ll be meditating for 20-30 min at a time. Don’t be too hard on yourself and don’t have unrealistic expectations. Just try and be comfortable with yourself namaste  The divine in me sees and acknowledges the divine in you
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how to meditate with nasal congestion ?
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Any Indian here..!
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Yes
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Chhattisgarh
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Malayali
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No one cares
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Here are the six most important points from the video:

• Attentional blinks are a common occurrence where we focus on one thing and miss other important information.

• People with ADHD experience more attentional blinks than those without ADHD.

• Open monitoring is a property of the visual system that allows us to dilate our gaze and see more information.

• A simple 17-minute meditation-like practice of focusing on breathing and interoception can reduce attentional blinks and improve focus.

• This practice can be beneficial for people of all ages, including children and adults, and can offset age-related cognitive decline.

• The practice involves consciously dilating one's gaze to see more information and improve focus.
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He insisted it can be done just once, not every day.  That is the point.
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Now I don’t see where this “dilute your gaze” comes in
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He's talking about TWO different techniques in this video - not merging them.
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Yes bhaiya
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Thank You So Much For Saving My Time
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A 7 minute video from you in itself is attractive to many with ADHD symptoms - the info you shared is icing on the cake !
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I used to have extremely bad short-term memory and concentration issues for many years. The one thing that started changing that was meditation practices. It was the start of me completely recovering from anxiety, depression, depersonalisation disorder, maladaptive daydreaming, video game addiction and more. I go into more detail on how I did this on my channel. Great video thank you for sharing this.
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What made you think that meditation was the reason for your improvement?
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I started to become more self-aware so could see what was causing the issues more clearly, also my focus and concentration got better - nothing really changed during that period of time except for me starting to practice meditation.@@Ivan-l4c5x
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I’ve had ADHD for decades, and I am only really understanding it in the last couple of years. I am also able to help my students better than ever, many of which have ADHD as well. God bless Huberman and other great researchers like him who share their wealth of information.
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As someone with ADHD, I appreciate this video.  Thank you.  
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In summary: Practicing meditation for about 15-17 minutes can help improve focus and attention in our brains, even if we have trouble focusing or have ADHD. It's like training our brain to see things better and pay attention more. By doing this regularly, we can permanently improve our ability to focus and stay less distracted.
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can u explain in simple words brother? My english is week but i can understand a lil bit. I think i am on this path what u are saying. Can u plz explain in simple words. It will b helpful
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There's a difference between focusing on the contact of your skin, your breathing than simply focusing on breathing and not allowing the mind to wander. Andrew Huberman speaks not only about interocepting but open monitoring. Do panoramic vision. Panoramic vision is like observational haki. Just these 2 tips from Andrew has impacted my life profoundly.
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what u do? What i have to do? Can u tell
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For interoception, simply focus on the contact of your skin, your breath, your heart beat, if you feel hungry and so on. For panaromic vision, just dilate your gaze. Like Andrew Huberman instructed, like when you're looking at something you can also see the floor, whats on your left and right, the ceiling, without shifting your gaze. Doing both of these really works. It's a shame that it's just being summarized down to 'meditating'.
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thankyou so much brother  i am trying breathing techinque from 4 days now i also start eyes dilate. Thanks bro. I appreciate
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Yes, I agree with you. Meditation meets your soul and connects you with the universe. In the beginning, It needs discipline to sit for at least 5 minutes. Lots of bad scenes, especially bad memories that reflect your present mindset come into your mind. Paying attention with the help of meditation, you can figure out. But, the main challenge is to continue this practice. I think that is why I was not more aware of my mental power before. I made a wrong decision or wrong action without knowing their impact on my life.
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Life is, l think forgiving oneself e.g. self love is th best "tool" that ever came to me. The respiration technique here is a booster and am a boon to my mental health! ❤
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Thank you for the info. Meditation has helped me take a mental break … especially, when overthinking. I intend to do it more frequently to help with focus.
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I have been practicing meditation for some time and I can say that just one practice of whatever as powerful it can be can does not last forever. Even after regular practicing if I stop for a month all benefits fade away.

I tried that vision dilation and it had a surprising impact on me. Something went on definitely and it felt good.

Thank you.
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Thanks to Huberman. Even though the explanations are longer, they are still worthwhile, so u know why u are doing what u are doing. Theres a good point to paying attention to the whole video. It is also exactly the point behind this; increasing your focus, stop being in a rush.
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I was unable to do this for more than 3 or 4 minutes, so I do it 2 or 3 times per day and the results are exactly what this guy says! Amazing!
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Ikr this require practice in order to be able to focus on breathing for 17 minutes like guy in the video says
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I totally agree with your assessment about ADHD.  Its not a lack of focus; its super focus but on what the person is interested in.  I remember seeing a video where two women were trying to prove a child had ADHD or maybe it was autism  The child was super focused on an object and the two women kept trying to get the child to stop focusing on the object.  I remember thinking, hey live the kid alone, he's really interested in something and his internal dialogue is asking a lot of questions about the object.  So the problem seems to be a person not focusing on what someone else wants him to which can mess with a person's "teachable moment".  Like the way classes are structured in this country in 50 minute segments: just when you finally get into the subject the bell rings and its time to go "focus" on something else instead of having a natural conclusion.
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Perfect take on the issue....
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50 minutes is a long time in my opinion.
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423 years is a long time in my opinion, especially when I'm hungry.
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Yes! I remember being pulled away from a task I was really enjoying in school, usually art but it could be something like algebra, one of the only math subjects I actually liked, only to start a new subject or hey now it's lunch time or recess! Is the rate of ADHD lower in homeschoolers I wonder?
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I do not think homeschooling vs public schooling would have an effect on the rate of ADHD, but I do know many parents who choose to homeschool their children BECAUSE the children have ADHD.  The schooling at home allows the children the time and space they need to learn and complete lessons more in line with their true potential.
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4:50 part of trauma is escape from body feelings - and this practice seems to be kind of work with the body, ADHD and trauma are sometimes interlinked, so it could help with this
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I like the panoramic focusing idea. I tried just doing that while sitting at my desk and it really helped me to let go of some tension. I will be doing the 17 min technique when I get home. Thank you for sharing this.
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How to do panoramic focusing...?
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​@samarthamv746 yes that's my same query?
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Don't know if this is correct but this is what I gathered from the video: look straight ahead wherever you are (in front of your computer, sitting/standing holding your phone, whatever) but try to observe everything you can see in your field of vision without moving your eyes.  For me rn I can see the beer and tea in front of my monitor that I want to drink, the synth keyboard that I want to start making EDM with, the travel guide on my bookshelf to Peru where I want to visit in the next year or two, the stack of bills/tax paperwork that I should get to soon, the nudie pic of Belle Delphine taped on my wall that I've been trying to replicate with AI, the headphones I've been using to listen to audiobooks to trade reviews for my audiobook...  Take ALL of it in, don't focus on any one thing too long.  See how much MORE you can notice, too.  

There's so many things I could be focusing on, but it can be beneficial to zoom out and not place emphasis on anything over another for a little bit.  Hold each item/thought briefly with equal weight, then when you eventually zoom back in you can choose which thing you want to focus on, instead of whatever grabs your attention first (probably your phone's numerous notifications).
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it's not the panoramic focusing u do for 17 mins btw, it was the breathing one..  but yea i tried too, and i do it a lot of times, it's fun
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ive always appreciated your videos! they inspire great mental clarity and focus on my goals!
thankyou for sharing your information, i am very much happy that you are dispencing it
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love the approach you took, very insightful!
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He said no it’s not meditation….then it was meditation. Haha I love it. I also wholeheartedly agree with this. It works. Love Andrew
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