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ADHD these days is widely known. Many children and adults are even taking medication in order to make their brain function like "normal" people's "neurotypical" brains. What they don't know is that they are normal too.
ADHD is nothing more than natal chart qualities.
Observing the charts of many people being diagnosed with adhd, or of people with many significant ADHD traits, we can see a pattern. In most cases, these people have dominant fire and/or air element in their chart.
There are three types of ADHD, and this seems to be patterned exactly as the natal chart traits. The hyperactive-impulsive type, the inattentive type, and the combination of the two. Hyperactive-impulsive type people have significant fire element, the inattentive type people usually have significant air or water element (Mercury or asc in Pisces) or a Mercury retrograde. The combined type has combined traits.
Taking a closer look, people with ADHD traits tend to have their Moon and their Mercury on fire or air element. Usually when the Moon is on a fire sign then Mercury is on an air sign or Pisces specifically and vice versa. There are some cases that both the Moon and Mercury aren't in any of these two elements, though the ascendant is, and is usually on an air sign. Statistically speaking, the majority of cases have the Moon in Gemini, Sagittarius or Scorpio, and Mercury on Sagittarius, Pisces or Aquarius, with this specific order.
Now one can say that there are for example also people with Mercury on earth element that have these traits. Yes, but in their chart we will observe that this person has significant qualities of either fire or air element, e.g. the Moon in Sagittarius, with a prominent Aries. Usually, people diagnosed with ADHD are people with not significant earth element qualities, or that their existent earth qualities are countered by the other elements.
What I'm sharing here isn't an unbreakable rule, it's just what I've observed from my own patients who have been diagnosed with ADHD, or score high on tests, i.e. experiencing characteristics of what is defined as ADHD. Of course it doesn't mean that everyone with these qualities also has these traits.
ADHD is nothing more than specific natal chart combination traits. An imbalanced mind needs training and balancing.
Meditation can help the person to train the mind, and here flame meditation and void meditation specifically can do miracles. Let's see what else can help grounding the mind and what we can do to improve our concentration and moderate hyperactivity.
For hyperactivity, steaming off is crucial. Whatever helps you to steam off your excess energy, like yoga, exercise, walking, jogging, dancing, boxing, listening to music (you could start with something energized and slowly transit to something soothing - even creating a specific playlist), jumping up, a warm bath or even breathing out the energy and directing it as you want, or even a combination of these, find what works best for you. Give to your mind and body the time they ask for, don't restrain yourself.
To ground the mind, there are some techniques that could help. I'll share techniques that don't require any visualization, cause I know there are people who struggle with that.
When you feel the need to get centered you can try the 5,4,3,2,1 technique. It helps you realize what's around you and to ground yourself.
Acknowledge five things you can see around you.
Acknowledge four things you can feel right now.
Acknowledge three things you can hear.
Acknowledge two things you can smell.
Acknowledge one thing you can taste.
On each thing you pick, observe it, analyze it in your mind. Give yourself time with this.
To help focus:
1. Settle into your seat. Begin by taking a seat, or if necessary, standing. The important thing is to feel where your body is touching the seat and touching the ground.
2. Scan your body. Sense where your bottom is touching the seat. Sit up straight or stand straight but not stiff. Make sure your feet are completely touching the ground, connecting you to the earth. Your eyes are open, so take in the surroundings of where you are. Lower your gaze slightly.
3. Connect with your breath. Pay subtle attention to your breath as it goes out.
4. Follow the exhale. At the end of the exhale, let there be a gap of time, a void moment where you are fully aware of what is happening while the inhale is happening. And in that gap you have natural awareness: it’s there already, you don’t have to create it. So, follow the breath out, and out, and out. As thoughts arise, treat them as you would anything else you encounter: Notice it, and use that noticing to bring you back to the exhale and ride it out. Out, and out, and out.
To help the mind focus 2:
1. First, feel your bottom on the seat, and your feet on the floor or the ground, flat, touching the earth. Your eyes can be open or closed, head tilted slightly down. Your shoulders are relaxed, your hands are resting on your thighs and your upper arms are parallel to your torso. Just take a moment to feel that posture.
2. Now we’re going to use the breath as an anchor for our attention. We don’t concern ourselves with trying to adjust the rate of the breath, we just come with whatever breath we have.
3. One of the first things we notice naturally as we try to pay attention to breath coming in and out is that the mind is filled with thoughts. It’s like a waterfall of thoughts. And in this practice, just notice the thought. Touch it, and go back to the breath.
4. No matter what’s been going on in the session, you don’t need to evaluate it, just let it go. Then open your eyes, and enjoy what’s coming next.
Training the mind to focus:
1. Find a comfortable posture of your choice. This could be a sitting posture, standing, or lying down.
2. If you choose to keep your eyes open, let your gaze rest, lowered on a point in front of you. If you choose to keep your eyes closed, rest your eyelids.
3. Set your intention toward relaxing and effortlessness.
4. Whenever you notice yourself shifting into “doing” or “thinking,” simply return back to your original intention, and begin again.
5. Relax your attention. Release any fixation that you might have on any object. Be as ordinary and natural as possible. If you notice that your attention becomes fixated or distracted, simply relax.
6. Exhale all striving. Empty yourself of any effort toward achieving a particular outcome or result. Remain open to and accepting of the present moment. Let your experience be as it is.
7. Sense the silence. Surrender all attachment to what you notice, and feel the sense of silence. Be aware of the silence and feel the vastness of the silence.
8. Tune in to awareness. Recognize that you are naturally aware, and you are conscious of this awareness. Trust this effortless knowing and the silence. There’s nothing to do, and nowhere to go. Just rest.
9. When you are ready to end the practice, gently bring your attention to your surroundings and invite simple movements to your body.
Also muscle relaxation techniques can help you relax, be aware of your body and train your focus.
1. Starting from the feet, gently squeeze in the feet by tightening them for 5 seconds and slowly release. Do this three times.
2. Then moving on to the calves, gently squeeze the muscles for 5 seconds, and slowly release. Repeat this 3 times.
3. Then slowly we move on to the thighs, again gently squeezing them and gently releasing the muscles. Repeat three times.
4. Continue doing this to all muscle areas moving up the body, and finishing with the face. The face is usually the most difficult to relax, so working on parts is more effective.
The trick here is to train your mind to focus at one thing only as for example while eating, try to focus only on the food itself. Observe the taste, the texture, what is happening in your mouth. Avoid checking your phone, watching tv, thinking what you have to do right after you eat etc. Focus on what you are doing that very moment.
You can do this same thing by taking a walk, observing what is around you, or while cloudgazing, acknowledge how your body feels, where you are standing, feel the wind on your skin. Clear your mind and focus on what your body is feeling. Be present to the moment.
Another way can be to take something in your hands, like a flower, a key, a pen, a leaf etc and examine it. Focus on this specific object. Its texture, its temperature, its colours, how it feels by holding it. If your mind starts flying away, gently make it return to what you were doing by remembering your intention.
For people who struggle to meditate:
• Sensory cues can help to move from one mental state to another. You might wear a special hat, sit on a specific chair, or play certain kinds of music to help your transition to meditation.
• Wearing the same clothes during each meditation session can help. By this, you make your mind enter the desired state more easily and with less effort. A note here, wear clothing that fits on the body and feels comfy to you.
• Setting a specific time during the day can help. Make it a habit.
• So you are laid down ready to meditate. The thoughts in your head may still be clamoring for your attention. What do you do? When you notice your attention drifting toward that thought salad, gently disengage your attention and bring your mind back to your focus. At first, and especially on those difficult brain days, you will repeat this process a lot.
• The key to success is to take it in small bites. Don't "should" yourself. One step at a time. Meditate for five minutes a few times a day. As you become more comfortable doing it, you will want to increase the length of your sessions because they have become enjoyable, and soon you will begin to see the benefits of meditation.
• When you realize you are starting to lose focus, remind yourself why you are meditating. It is not to clear your mind, but to step back from the noise, to put your attention on your chosen focus.
• You are working to accomplish your goal. Celebrating victories no matter if they are big or small can be really relieving. Reward yourself for your achievents.
If you forget to practice meditation for days, or even weeks, remember that you can always start again whenever you feel like it.
• Place yourself in a location that is free from distractions, including alerts from electronic devices, such as text messages and incoming email. If possible, close the door or go into a space where you can be alone for the entirety of your meditation session.
• Quiet is relative. Even if you live in a city on a busy street, it’s possible to meditate successfully. With practice, meditation will enable you to ignore noise by focusing on your breathing patterns. You can also tune out noise by meditating with some music on.
• Meditation uses the experience of breathing naturally to anchor the mind to the present moment. Start by breathing in and out naturally, noticing how it makes your body feel. When you’re ready, deeply inhale in a count of four, again noticing how your body feels. Does your tummy rise? Does your chest feel full?
Hold the breath for a count of four, then gently exhale in a count of four. Notice how your body feels as it lets go of the breath. Repeat for several breaths.
• The nature of our minds is to think — and it will, even during meditation. When you notice your mind wandering away from the now, simply acknowledge the thought and return your attention to your breath. Accept that it is the nature of the mind to think, and give yourself permission to have a wandering mind.
Don’t judge yourself for your thoughts or focus your attention on them. Bring your attention back to the now and your goal by focusing on breathing.
• Regardless how much time you meditated, giving yourself a few seconds or minutes to become present again after it is always a nice transition.
• Take a moment to notice what is happening in your environment. Notice how your body feels. Take a moment to acknowledge your emotions and thoughts.
ADHD is nothing more than natal chart qualities.
Observing the charts of many people being diagnosed with adhd, or of people with many significant ADHD traits, we can see a pattern. In most cases, these people have dominant fire and/or air element in their chart.
There are three types of ADHD, and this seems to be patterned exactly as the natal chart traits. The hyperactive-impulsive type, the inattentive type, and the combination of the two. Hyperactive-impulsive type people have significant fire element, the inattentive type people usually have significant air or water element (Mercury or asc in Pisces) or a Mercury retrograde. The combined type has combined traits.
Taking a closer look, people with ADHD traits tend to have their Moon and their Mercury on fire or air element. Usually when the Moon is on a fire sign then Mercury is on an air sign or Pisces specifically and vice versa. There are some cases that both the Moon and Mercury aren't in any of these two elements, though the ascendant is, and is usually on an air sign. Statistically speaking, the majority of cases have the Moon in Gemini, Sagittarius or Scorpio, and Mercury on Sagittarius, Pisces or Aquarius, with this specific order.
Now one can say that there are for example also people with Mercury on earth element that have these traits. Yes, but in their chart we will observe that this person has significant qualities of either fire or air element, e.g. the Moon in Sagittarius, with a prominent Aries. Usually, people diagnosed with ADHD are people with not significant earth element qualities, or that their existent earth qualities are countered by the other elements.
What I'm sharing here isn't an unbreakable rule, it's just what I've observed from my own patients who have been diagnosed with ADHD, or score high on tests, i.e. experiencing characteristics of what is defined as ADHD. Of course it doesn't mean that everyone with these qualities also has these traits.
ADHD is nothing more than specific natal chart combination traits. An imbalanced mind needs training and balancing.
Meditation can help the person to train the mind, and here flame meditation and void meditation specifically can do miracles. Let's see what else can help grounding the mind and what we can do to improve our concentration and moderate hyperactivity.
For hyperactivity, steaming off is crucial. Whatever helps you to steam off your excess energy, like yoga, exercise, walking, jogging, dancing, boxing, listening to music (you could start with something energized and slowly transit to something soothing - even creating a specific playlist), jumping up, a warm bath or even breathing out the energy and directing it as you want, or even a combination of these, find what works best for you. Give to your mind and body the time they ask for, don't restrain yourself.
To ground the mind, there are some techniques that could help. I'll share techniques that don't require any visualization, cause I know there are people who struggle with that.
When you feel the need to get centered you can try the 5,4,3,2,1 technique. It helps you realize what's around you and to ground yourself.
Acknowledge five things you can see around you.
Acknowledge four things you can feel right now.
Acknowledge three things you can hear.
Acknowledge two things you can smell.
Acknowledge one thing you can taste.
On each thing you pick, observe it, analyze it in your mind. Give yourself time with this.
To help focus:
1. Settle into your seat. Begin by taking a seat, or if necessary, standing. The important thing is to feel where your body is touching the seat and touching the ground.
2. Scan your body. Sense where your bottom is touching the seat. Sit up straight or stand straight but not stiff. Make sure your feet are completely touching the ground, connecting you to the earth. Your eyes are open, so take in the surroundings of where you are. Lower your gaze slightly.
3. Connect with your breath. Pay subtle attention to your breath as it goes out.
4. Follow the exhale. At the end of the exhale, let there be a gap of time, a void moment where you are fully aware of what is happening while the inhale is happening. And in that gap you have natural awareness: it’s there already, you don’t have to create it. So, follow the breath out, and out, and out. As thoughts arise, treat them as you would anything else you encounter: Notice it, and use that noticing to bring you back to the exhale and ride it out. Out, and out, and out.
To help the mind focus 2:
1. First, feel your bottom on the seat, and your feet on the floor or the ground, flat, touching the earth. Your eyes can be open or closed, head tilted slightly down. Your shoulders are relaxed, your hands are resting on your thighs and your upper arms are parallel to your torso. Just take a moment to feel that posture.
2. Now we’re going to use the breath as an anchor for our attention. We don’t concern ourselves with trying to adjust the rate of the breath, we just come with whatever breath we have.
3. One of the first things we notice naturally as we try to pay attention to breath coming in and out is that the mind is filled with thoughts. It’s like a waterfall of thoughts. And in this practice, just notice the thought. Touch it, and go back to the breath.
4. No matter what’s been going on in the session, you don’t need to evaluate it, just let it go. Then open your eyes, and enjoy what’s coming next.
Training the mind to focus:
1. Find a comfortable posture of your choice. This could be a sitting posture, standing, or lying down.
2. If you choose to keep your eyes open, let your gaze rest, lowered on a point in front of you. If you choose to keep your eyes closed, rest your eyelids.
3. Set your intention toward relaxing and effortlessness.
4. Whenever you notice yourself shifting into “doing” or “thinking,” simply return back to your original intention, and begin again.
5. Relax your attention. Release any fixation that you might have on any object. Be as ordinary and natural as possible. If you notice that your attention becomes fixated or distracted, simply relax.
6. Exhale all striving. Empty yourself of any effort toward achieving a particular outcome or result. Remain open to and accepting of the present moment. Let your experience be as it is.
7. Sense the silence. Surrender all attachment to what you notice, and feel the sense of silence. Be aware of the silence and feel the vastness of the silence.
8. Tune in to awareness. Recognize that you are naturally aware, and you are conscious of this awareness. Trust this effortless knowing and the silence. There’s nothing to do, and nowhere to go. Just rest.
9. When you are ready to end the practice, gently bring your attention to your surroundings and invite simple movements to your body.
Also muscle relaxation techniques can help you relax, be aware of your body and train your focus.
1. Starting from the feet, gently squeeze in the feet by tightening them for 5 seconds and slowly release. Do this three times.
2. Then moving on to the calves, gently squeeze the muscles for 5 seconds, and slowly release. Repeat this 3 times.
3. Then slowly we move on to the thighs, again gently squeezing them and gently releasing the muscles. Repeat three times.
4. Continue doing this to all muscle areas moving up the body, and finishing with the face. The face is usually the most difficult to relax, so working on parts is more effective.
The trick here is to train your mind to focus at one thing only as for example while eating, try to focus only on the food itself. Observe the taste, the texture, what is happening in your mouth. Avoid checking your phone, watching tv, thinking what you have to do right after you eat etc. Focus on what you are doing that very moment.
You can do this same thing by taking a walk, observing what is around you, or while cloudgazing, acknowledge how your body feels, where you are standing, feel the wind on your skin. Clear your mind and focus on what your body is feeling. Be present to the moment.
Another way can be to take something in your hands, like a flower, a key, a pen, a leaf etc and examine it. Focus on this specific object. Its texture, its temperature, its colours, how it feels by holding it. If your mind starts flying away, gently make it return to what you were doing by remembering your intention.
For people who struggle to meditate:
• Sensory cues can help to move from one mental state to another. You might wear a special hat, sit on a specific chair, or play certain kinds of music to help your transition to meditation.
• Wearing the same clothes during each meditation session can help. By this, you make your mind enter the desired state more easily and with less effort. A note here, wear clothing that fits on the body and feels comfy to you.
• Setting a specific time during the day can help. Make it a habit.
• So you are laid down ready to meditate. The thoughts in your head may still be clamoring for your attention. What do you do? When you notice your attention drifting toward that thought salad, gently disengage your attention and bring your mind back to your focus. At first, and especially on those difficult brain days, you will repeat this process a lot.
• The key to success is to take it in small bites. Don't "should" yourself. One step at a time. Meditate for five minutes a few times a day. As you become more comfortable doing it, you will want to increase the length of your sessions because they have become enjoyable, and soon you will begin to see the benefits of meditation.
• When you realize you are starting to lose focus, remind yourself why you are meditating. It is not to clear your mind, but to step back from the noise, to put your attention on your chosen focus.
• You are working to accomplish your goal. Celebrating victories no matter if they are big or small can be really relieving. Reward yourself for your achievents.
If you forget to practice meditation for days, or even weeks, remember that you can always start again whenever you feel like it.
• Place yourself in a location that is free from distractions, including alerts from electronic devices, such as text messages and incoming email. If possible, close the door or go into a space where you can be alone for the entirety of your meditation session.
• Quiet is relative. Even if you live in a city on a busy street, it’s possible to meditate successfully. With practice, meditation will enable you to ignore noise by focusing on your breathing patterns. You can also tune out noise by meditating with some music on.
• Meditation uses the experience of breathing naturally to anchor the mind to the present moment. Start by breathing in and out naturally, noticing how it makes your body feel. When you’re ready, deeply inhale in a count of four, again noticing how your body feels. Does your tummy rise? Does your chest feel full?
Hold the breath for a count of four, then gently exhale in a count of four. Notice how your body feels as it lets go of the breath. Repeat for several breaths.
• The nature of our minds is to think — and it will, even during meditation. When you notice your mind wandering away from the now, simply acknowledge the thought and return your attention to your breath. Accept that it is the nature of the mind to think, and give yourself permission to have a wandering mind.
Don’t judge yourself for your thoughts or focus your attention on them. Bring your attention back to the now and your goal by focusing on breathing.
• Regardless how much time you meditated, giving yourself a few seconds or minutes to become present again after it is always a nice transition.
• Take a moment to notice what is happening in your environment. Notice how your body feels. Take a moment to acknowledge your emotions and thoughts.
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