20 Minute Breathing Meditation for Grounding, Focus and Concentration

[@carolinemccready]

To skip intro click here 1:25 Did you know that research shows we’re happier when we’re focused?! Do you ever struggle to focus? If so you’re not alone! Life is so full of distractions - and the more we’re exposed to distractions - the more distractible we become. Repeated distractions actually change our brain. Stress and isolation also change the way our brain functions, making us more distractible, a side effect of the pandemic. Most breathing meditations help to strengthen your focus and this meditation is especially focused on focus! Focus is important for any type of meditation. Deep relaxation + deep focus = deep meditation. Strengthening focus can take some regular practice, but it’s well worth the time and your brain will thank you for it! It’s one of the reasons we’re happier with a consistent meditation practice. Check the description box above for extra tips to helps you strengthen your focus. I hope you enjoy this one and I hope you’re all safe and well xx

[@Ivan-bf1jm]

This was a great meditation 🙌🏽 Thank you Caroline! Much love and peace to you and everyone who are blessed to find your work ❤️🙏🏽

[@wesleyberry3411]

It would be so wonderful if you could release more 20 minute meditations, that is the time I spend in meditation daily and I would genuinely love to have more of your work in my regular practice. You have such a safe and calming voice and I appreciate your guidance. I am a counselor and I use one of your meditations as part of the process I take people through to break out of a panic attack. You have unknowingly helped some people who really needed it at the time.

[@carolinemccready]

Hi Wesley, I'm so glad to hear the meditations are part of your regular practice and that's wonderful that you use them the help people break out of a panic attack, it makes me so happy to know that, thank you for letting me know. I'm sure you bring a lot of support and comfort to people. I will certainly upload some more 20 minute practices in the new year.

[@mariposa8557]

Thank you!!!! 🙏🏼 God bless you for all you do for us!!!!🙌🏼

[@carolinemccready]

You're very welcome, thank you @Julys De Jesus

[@warrenthorp]

Your meditations are the best. Bar none. They just work. Everything is right. Thank you for making them.

[@konarkmadan4782]

Out of all your videos, this had got to be the best one so far. I really liked the idea of spiritual mist filling up our bodies, the mist coming from life giving earth itself. I also imagined that every time I breathed, the mist unlocked a chakra. Usually this requires fully focusing on the respective part of body all by your self but knowing the mist is there to help you everytime you breathe in is really comforting. Thank you so much!

[@carolinemccready]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it Konark. That's a beautiful way to use the meditation. It would be a beautiful way to do the Earth Journey meditation as well (kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5-zdIeOdt11jNE) which works with the elements, Sun (fire), water, air and earth. If you haven't done the meditation before I think you'd really connect with it :)

[@uenoyamaritsuka2366]

I've never experienced a better guided meditation than this! Your voice is so soothing along with your instructions, they took me all in a different world, I felt amazing to be very honest. At the end, my body felt as if I'm on a marry go round, which was so exciting. I love this! I'll practice this regularly, thank you so much, you're a wonderful teacher 💖💫

[@richardemanuel5479]

Love you mediation You need to do more videos I'm an addict in recovery and i have taken your meditations into treatment centres and they are so well received . Keep the videos coming !!

[@carolinemccready]

I'm so glad to hear they're helpful Richard. That's so lovely to know you're sharing them in recovery centres, thank you for letting me know and more to come :)

[@richardemanuel5479]

@@carolinemccready your meditations are defiantly the best around ! They use them every morning in the lighthouse recovery centre in Worthing !

[@richardemanuel5479]

have you any extra ones that can be purchased on CDs or downloaded ?

[@carolinemccready]

I have a few CDs and MP3s on Amazon/itunes (links from my website, www.carolinemccready.com). I've made all of the meditations available on KZbin, so you'll find all the tracks on this channel, but I'll be putting more up in the new year. If there's anything you have found especially helpful, let me know. It's always helpful for me to know what's working!

[@EasyCanon803]

I’m was too...clean 6 years now and LOVE you’re meditations! I love the intro/info. Advice in general is always wonderful. YES, please make more!!! Thank you so much! Merry Christmas!

[@rich_coburn]

I've come back to this meditation so many times; it's one of my favorite! Thank you Caroline!

[@carolinemccready]

I'm so happy to hear that Rich! You're very welcome

[@karenkrentscomedy6188]

So helpful- this mediation has really helped me focus inward in a way that I’ve never been able to achieve before. My mind is constantly going, both onstage and in general- it’s so helpful to be able to now be able to fully unplug.

[@carolinemccready]

That's really wonderful to hear Karen, I'm very happy it was helpful

[@JacqsSmith]

Wonderful finding this meditation really good to focus which I usually find difficult thank you Caroline

[@LalaCat66]

I have read several of the comments to your meditations and obviously I am not alone in my thoughts and feelings regarding them. Your voice with it's rhythm and cadence is so soothing and the visualizations you choose are excellent in my opinion. Thank you so much for helping to make my day better :)

[@carolinemccready]

You're so welcome @LalaCat D, I'm very happy if I'm helping to make your day better. I'm really glad you enjoy the meditations and it's so nice to hear such lovely feedback, a really big thank you.

[@Americancadet]

My favorite meditation channel. I love love love the variety of options; various time lengths depending on how much time I have, some with nature sounds, some partial, some without. Caroline your work is needed now more than ever in this crazy world. You are truly a beautiful person both inside and out. Keep up thinking of new meditations!

[@carolinemccready]

I'm so glad you enjoy the meditations, and that's great to know that the different options are helpful. I'm working on new meditations at the moment, so more to come :) Thank you for your encouragement and such lovely feedback.

[@carolina6683]

Love your voice and your choice of music, which is entirely welcome for a HSP like me. Thanks, Caroline, and love from Barcelona!

[@carolinemccready]

I'm so glad to hear that Carolina! I will upload some more without music at all at some point. Barcelona's so beautiful, sending love to you too

[@Marslo]

It shocks me a bit, how my body reacts to your meditations and the sound/rhythm of your voice. Softness, calm and gratitude overwhelm me. Thank you for the kindness you give us.

[@carolinemccready]

I'm so happy to hear they have such a positive and calming effect. As always thank you for letting me know, it means a lot!

[@lindsaygallagher2651]

Yay!!!!! Thank you for making another video. I now have my 13 year old listening to them, she says they help her feel better! ❤❤❤

[@carolinemccready]

Hi Lindsay, you're so welcome and that makes me so happy to know your daughter is listening too. I'm so glad she enjoys them and they help her feel better, please say a hello from me ❤️

[@lindsaygallagher2651]

I will Caroline, I hope you have a wonderful holiday season. Blessings, Lindsay

[@carolinemccready]

Thank you Lindsay, you too

[@marlz222]

this was such a beautiful meditation, at the end of it i felt so amazing, full of gratitude and peace, thank you for sharing this beautiful experience!

[@carolinemccready]

I'm so happy to hear that Marlen. You're very welcome, glad you enjoy it.

[@helenmorrisson5026]

Thank you so much. This was beautiful. I have listened to about 50 meditations and this is the first time I've been moved to comment.

[@carolinemccready]

I'm so happy to hear that Helen, you're very welcome and I hope you enjoy the other meditations on the channel too.

[@sandyfink587]

Thank you for sharing this peaceful and healing meditation. Your voice is so serene and comforting.💕✨

[@davidmoyer9303]

An excellent explanation at the start of the benefits of meditation. Thank You.

[@carolinemccready]

I'm very glad to hear that David

[@Divine777Love]

I love your meditations! ❤ I really appreciate you helping us and guiding us. I feel relaxed and at peace. Thank you 🙏🏼 ❤ Would you be able to do a walking one where you walk and remember to breathe while you are walking? Thank you ❤🙏🏼

[@wayneosullivan5369]

Thanks caroline I look forward to new meditations , will do this 20 minutes in a couple of hours when I normally would meditate,keep releasing new content , I think your great really helps me to get in the moment,cause when I am in the moment now everything is okay

[@carolinemccready]

You're very welcome Wayne, I hope you enjoy it and really glad to hear the meditations are helpful

[@eLearnIT]

From an active agitated mind to a mentally calm space in 20 min. Thanks

[@carolinemccready]

I'm so happy to hear that Yakov

[@Lyzarock]

Best meditation ever ♥️♥️♥️ THANK YOU

[@nicolamarteneyrobert4226]

I have listened so many times. This meditation is one of my very favorites. Its amazing. I'm sharing with family and friends. Thank you so much. 🐦

[@carolinemccready]

I'm very happy to hear it's a favourite Nicola, you're so welcome

[@palanthis]

You have a very calming voice. Thank you for this!

[@MrCAJunior]

The sibilance is null or inaudible, the background sound doesn't invade your voice field and your voice is awesome. Beautifully done!

[@carolinemccready]

Thank you @MrCAJunior, I'm really glad you enjoy it and it's so nice to have that noticed, I always put a lot of work into making sure any sibilance is smoothed out :)

[@hazmathzal3749]

Hi Caroline, I absolutely love your voice. It is really peaceful to listen to and thank you so much for this mediation video. I am actually a new subscriber and I am really happy that I found out your channel:)

[@carolinemccready]

You're so welcome Hazmath, I'm very happy to hear you enjoy the meditation. Thanks for subscribing and I hope you enjoy the other meditations too.

[@travellingwithjeff]

Another one to add to my "Favorites" absolutely great. I love the few minutes of just music, as it gets your will power working when your mind drifts as there is no wonderful voice to help, gotta do it on my ow. simply the best, keep up the awesome work. Your helping so many of us.

[@carolinemccready]

I’m very glad you enjoy it, Jeff, and that you find the extra time alone helpful. You’re so welcome

[@v2shvin]

Caroline - thank you so much for doing this.. loved it.. you’re gifted and willing to share.. from my heart to yours.. 🙏🙏🙏

[@carolinemccready]

You're so welcome @v2shvin, thanks for letting me know, I'm very happy to hear you enjoy the practice

[@MissTiescha]

Thank you so much for your meditations, you have such a peaceful and lovely voice and energy! Greetings from Germany, Andrea. 😊

[@carolinemccready]

You're so welcome @MissTiescha, thank you and sending you love from the UK

[@dtuk22]

Simply magnificent Caroline. Peace✌

[@carolinemccready]

I'm very glad you enjoy it @DT uk

[@ThePittas]

Your voice is soothing

[@vivilavie]

Thank you so much. Send you love from Switzerland 🙏🏽

[@carolinemccready]

You are so welcome Vaishnavi, thank you love to you too

[@edshorter74]

I found that really helpful. Trying to meditate every morning to set me up for the day. Thank you. Ed

[@carolinemccready]

I'm so glad to hear that Ed! You're very welcome

[@tommywood1934]

Your work is simply amazing!! Thank you for all your efforts!!

[@carolinemccready]

Thank you Tommy, I'm very happy to hear you enjoy them and you're very welcome

[@oakchezar6196]

Love this one the best! I love them all, but this one is so helpful to me before i get on with my work of the day, which requires a lot of focus from my ADD/ADHD mind. Thank you!

[@carolinemccready]

I'm so glad to hear it's helpful @Oak Chezar, you're so welcome

[@BL-hk4bk]

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!

[@carolinemccready]

You are so welcome @B L

[@chika1559]

Thank you so much! I felt so calm. 💛

[@carolinemccready]

You’re welcome Chika, I'm so glad to hear that

[@thebigchimpanski4783]

Love it. Thank you 😊

[@franlo1560]

Thank you for my new 20 minute morning meditation, much needed as my focus has been way off. 🙏

[@carolinemccready]

You're so welcome Fran, I'm very glad it'll be helpful

[@rockymountainastro1239]

Simply wonderful

[@carolinemccready]

I'm so glad you enjoy it @RockyMountainAstro

[@willekefarrington3020]

I noticed most of the videos are from a year ago. KZbin algorithms brought them to my attention. I enjoyed 3 of them up to now. I also visited Caroline's website. To my pleasure I discovered that quite a few of these meditations are available on CD. I downloaded one of them (Bone deep sleep) already, so I can listen and meditate with the wifi off.

[@bts7tarmy996]

I absolutely love your voice. So relaxing 😍 n peaceful ❤ Lots of Love From Pakistan🌹❤

[@carolinemccready]

I'm so glad you find the meditations relaxing, love to you too, from a snowy UK :)

[@crazymissamy]

This was very relaxing! I got a little distracted at the end but I can back.

[@softrelaxing7856]

Love this video! Stay positive ❤️

[@carolinemccready]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@guillermofernandez305]

Thank you 🙏🏻 Namaste , in memory of my son William 🥲

[@carolinemccready]

I'm sorry for your loss Guillermo, sending my very best

[@김더비-w2s]

i really love your voice, so peacefully.. thankyou^^

[@carolinemccready]

You're very welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@sandibroad4099]

💖💖💖thank you

[@carolinemccready]

You're so welcome

[@uniqcoach4277]

Thank You

[@carolinemccready]

You're so welcome @DIVYASHREE N

[@naz0079]

Caroline. When you experience deep states of meditation, do you feel a sense of detachment to your body? I just felt this during this meditation, but my mind did wander and I brought back to the breathe.

[@gocalmasmr]

Oh my god this was beautiful! Half way through the meditation, I suddenly started seeing flashes of Blue, Purple and Green colours!It was magical!I also saw different kinds of eyes that to not pairs just one one eye of different kinds.Not so sure what it meant.Does anyone know what it could mean?

[@njfsmith]

Thanks

[@carolinemccready]

That’s really kind of you, thank you Nick!

[@michaelsargeant5897]

This is just amazing Meditation every time I use it I get an image of a lotus blossom fixed in my mind Is this ok or should I just fixate away from this image to the breathing only? Many thanks for all you do Caroline !

[@carolinemccready]

That's great Michael! Focussing on an image of a lotus blossom is a feature of quite a few Buddhist meditations. The lotus in buddhist philosophy is a symbol of awakening and there is extra symbolism associated with different colours and different parts of the body. It's great that your mind is tuning into that practice organically and I would definitely recommend staying with it :)

[@limitlesslove6724]

💙💜💙

[@hollyhayward5932]

I just wish there were more without the background noise.

[@carolinemccready]

Hi Holly, I've just uploaded a sleep meditation without any music you might enjoy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3S6Y3uqqa9om9E You can also find all of the recent and upcoming meditations as versions without any music on Patreon: www.patreon.com/carolinemccready If there are any particular meditations you'd like me to upload without music please let me know and I can do my best to upload music free versions.

[@cadenceandfamily2159]

Not having militants in my house that I worked for and built would be a start! Drug addicts where more behaved than these sober politicians. The only issues with them is that stay sober and taking care of my health would be a challenge in a completely different way! When is enough enough? Using excuses such as Birthdays and gifts are ways to infiltrate others lifes? People are cruel! Grow a pair of balls and help us keep the peace! We have the answers! Why should we get sick from providing kindness? Dosen't make sence!

[@teasusual]

Thank you

[@carolinemccready]

@ Te Miller you're very welcome