Which is better?

[Ĥl·lĥæ]

In Hatha Yoga, is it better to focus on the mind or the breath?
Breathing gives me fewer insigths, but it's good for increasing concentration. Focusing on consciousness is easy, so I don't make an effort to concentrate, which means I'm not training the will of the mind.
But this way gives me more insight.

Each of these two ways has its positive and negative side and I don't know which one to choose.
At the moment I'm focusing on maximum concentration because I want to activate a part of me that seems (I feel) to be asleep most of the time, and getting used to this awakened state of consciousness and using it is my future goal.

Before, I could only briefly feel the presence of this mental part, and now I can bring it into the main consciousness. The only problem is that I have to push it, so if I relax this "omniscient" part, I lose it and feel incomplete again.
Besides, I can't use it to reason and understand things because to bring it back I already have to push too hard.
So using it to solve mathematical questions is a bit tricky because I don't know if I can focus on two things at the same time.

 

[Aarti]

over time you will be able to control 2 things or even 5 things at the same time. this is not a situation that will happen suddenly. process is necessary. first focus on your breathing and try to do it as smoothly as possible. then you will get used to it and concentrate on your mind