One of my favorite #mindfulness #meditation practices involved counting the breath, specifically counting the exhales. We know that longer exhales help to calm the nervous system, so giving them our attention for a few minutes will help calm the entire body and also give our brain a specific “activity.”
Invariably, we all lose our place along the way, so — when you do — just come back to “one” and begin again. It’s okay if you never make it past four or five (you probably won’t at first). Just keep going back to one and invest a touch more attention the next go around.