In flower therapy, Bach flowers are used for concentration when it is necessary to stimulate the brain, and promote its function of information storage, favoring attention and mindfulness .
Often states of stress and fatigue condition the yield of the memory and for this reason the use of plant adaptogens beneficially affects concentration and cognitive functions .
When instead the lack of concentration is due to emotional states, such as lack of interest in the present caused external events or character imbalances that induce indifference, excessive superficiality, apathy and escape from reality. The lack of concentration can therefore also be considered the manifestation of disorders concerning the emotional sphere, on which one can intervene with the use of flower remedies discovered by dr. Edward Bach.
What is concentration
Concentration is the mental state in which the intellect uses most of its abilities to accomplish a given task . When the mind is focused on something the other stimuli are ignored in proportion to the intensity of the concentration itself.
However this mental capacity depends on the interest we feel towards what we apply our attention to : we all happened to be unable to concentrate during a school lesson, when the subject matter did not arouse our participation or did not excite us .
The lack of interest and attention for the things that happen to us are therefore the basis of the difficulty of concentration . The Bach Flowers act on these emotional states, favoring greater contact with reality to those who prefer to escape from the present and its relative problems and show indifference ; or by stimulating the ability to learn and observe, to those who are distracted by excessive superficiality .
Concentration is a skill that allows man to live using his possibilities in the best way. Who is able to concentrate is able to evaluate all the elements of a problem and to reach his solution more easily.
The one who is not able to have an attentive and receptive mind will face everyday problems with less confidence and less chance of success.
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Bach flowers for concentration
- Clematis: lack of concentration due to indifference and escape from reality . The remedy is indicated to those who are not very present in what they do, because they live as if suspended in the fantasy world, felt to be safer than reality. He shows little interest in life and has little ambition, he is content to dream of his own success with attention and hope moved to the future.
According to Bach, the remedy is indicated " for the dreamers, for the asleep, for those who are never completely awake, and have no particular interest in life. Quiet people, not exactly happy with their condition, and who live longer in future in the present, hoping always in happier times, in which they will be able to realize their ideals: in sickness, they make little effort or even no one, to heal, in some cases they may even wish to die in the hope of achieving a better life, or to find, perhaps, a loved one who has lost ".
People in this emotional state are overly idealistic and romantic ; often the Clematis are artists with a strong but blocked creative potential, who make them fall in love with their dreamy charm (gaze fixed but far they don't see what is around), and suffer with their absent indifference . Unable to feel real emotions because where they live, in the clouds, none of the worries of the world is really important, reacting with the same nonchalance to positive and negative news.
The remedy brings these dreamers back to Earth, in the present, encourages attention and participation in life, helping to make dreams come true and achieve creativity in concrete works. We return to the real world of everyday life and discover the stimuli and depths . Fantasy stabilizes within the limits of normality.
- Chestnut Bud : due to lack of concentration due to superficiality and inattention . The remedy is indicated to those who always repeat the same mistakes, due to the inability to learn from experience. They are intelligent people but without concentration and awareness of the present circumstances.
According to Bach the remedy is indicated " for those who do not take full advantage of observation and experience and who take longer than others to learn the lessons of life. While an experience would already be enough for some, for them they are necessary several before the lesson is learned. They are therefore unpleasantly surprised to redo the same mistake on different occasions, when it would have been enough once, or when the observation of others could have saved them these mistakes . "
People who find themselves in this emotional state are guilty of lack of will and observation, have difficulty in learning and delayed reflexes. Situations always distracted live, in a hurry, laziness, coldness, listlessness . Neglected and estranged, they lack sincere participation in the vicissitudes of life, face them with little attention and do not grasp the contents. Superficial and immature, they pass from one situation to another without stopping to reflect and look inward; have difficulty assessing situations, benefiting from past experiences.
The remedy develops learning: it opens the eyes, showing that luck or destiny have nothing to do with our difficulties in work, health or love. Develop awareness of our actions and help remember . Awaken attention to others so you can learn from them. Interest, concentration, mental alertness are revived.
