When we practise meditation, we actually train ourselves to be present with our breath. We focus our attention on the breath so that when our mind wanders naturally to other thoughts, emotions or sensations, we can notice it and bring it back to the breath.
This is the starting point. We don’t want to train ourselves like this to just become breath watchers. This training eventually helps us to calm our mind and enable to to be present with whatever is happening in the mind.
When we practise this for a longer period of time, eventually we begin to notice that we don’t get carried away by our thoughts or emotions, instead we are able to stay present with the thought or emotion and experience it full for whatever it is. Whether it is grief or anger or thoughts that are anxious or difficult, we can be in control and stay with it. But for that we need to practise being with the breath.
Click on the audio link below to practise a short guided meditation.
Bell The Mind 
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