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When concentration becomes a form of self-violence

I notice I hold my breath whenever I concentrate and by the end of the day my whole body is tight and I have a headache but I cannot seem to focus any other way.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Effort-based attention often involves unconscious patterns of physical tension that undermine the very presence we seek.

Ideas that help explain it
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