Quote Originally Posted by kamenriderbaron View Post
Honestly, I've kind of avoided mantras as my mind tends to wander a lot/
I find when I have trouble falling asleep while repeating a mantra, it's because I'm thinking too much because my mind is wandering.

Take a breath, say your mantra, and then think either about nothing or about your mantra until it's time to take your next breath. Don't think about whether you're falling asleep or not, or else your mind will be wandering.

Try to keep your mind from wandering during your first repetition of your mantra. If you're successful, try to replicate this success during your next repetition. Repeat trying to replicate the success of the previous repetition until you're in a dream. If you catch your mind wandering, just start all over again by trying to repeat your mantra one time without your mind wandering before trying to replicate that success with each next repetition until you're in a dream.

It doesn't matter how many repetitions you can go without your mind wandering. What does matter is that you are able to catch your mind wandering and start again.

Rather than thinking you have to maintain concentration over many repetitions, think about how easy it is to maintain concentration during single one repetition and how easy it is to replicate that success one more time. Thinking in terms of baby steps should make it seem much more manageable which will help give you the confidence you need to succeed.