Meditation during chess?!

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HholyShhip

Hello chess.com community, I've researched online and so far haven't found anything serious about meditation during chess. 

My idea is that during your opponent's move you do a quick meditation/centering exercise to refocus and energize your mind (hopefully). 
What do you guys think? Will it break your concentration? Be a total waste of time when you could be thinking of moves? Or maybe even psych out your opponent... heh heh

 

Opinions welcome

notmtwain

Levitating above the board could be intimidating.

HholyShhip

Interesting, maybe I'll just close my eyes and slowly start standing up. That'll scare them!

try_harder16

I play poker and before every hand i put some attention in my body and hold it there for a little bit . U can do same in chess . The idea is that if u r in ur mind fully all the time u cant really come up with anything creative . And most amazing artists in any feild do that naturally .Bouncing from mind and no-mind awarness. So yea ... even if its for 10-15 sec its helpfull . And  if u cant hold attention fully in ur whole body u can just focus on breath .

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try_harder16 wrote:

I play poker and before every hand i put some attention in my body and hold it there for a little bit . U can do same in chess . The idea is that if u r in ur mind fully all the time u cant really come up with anything creative . And most amazing artists in any feild do that naturally .Bouncing from mind and no-mind awarness. So yea ... even if its for 10-15 sec its helpfull . And  if u cant hold attention fully in ur whole body u can just focus on breath .

I agree with this. It's like getting up from the board, getting a drink, then coming back and quickly seeing a good move you hadn't considered. Sometimes your mind needs a small break.

Probably lasts 10 seconds or less, and  helps me detach and then refocus.

If I do a lot of calculating, like 20-30 minutes, I'll make my move then get up and get a drink and come back after 30 to 60 seconds. This gives me time to refresh... for me at least, after about 10 minutes of continuous calculation, the efficiency drops and I might start to make simple oversights.