Keeping Your Mind Off of Things That You Shouldn't Be Concentrating On

Researchers have identified other techniques to keep athletes and performers in a state of flow where they are relying on their procedural memory rather than their working memory. One way to keep your working memory from interfering is to give it unimportant things to do just to keep it occupied. Another technique is to focus on your breathing. Breathing slowly and deeply can calm you down. But focusing on your breath can also redirect your working memory to something other than what you are doing.