Let's begin by taking a couple of breaths,
A couple of deep breaths to quiet our minds,
To be present.
Let's just breathe.
And as we breathe slowly,
As we breathe calmly,
As we breathe deeply,
We'll find our whole body beginning to slow down because we're giving a hundred percent attention just to our breath and the worries and the fears that often distract us begin to melt away as we breathe slowly,
As we breathe calmly.
Just breathe.
Good.
Just following our breath,
Calming the mind as we prepare to take our test,
As we prepare to do well.
As we learn to quiet our minds,
We also learn to enter the zone,
To enter the zone where we can be a hundred percent focused on answering each question,
Writing each essay in the zone,
Free of worries,
Free of distractions,
Free of fears,
Just answering each question with a hundred percent attention to that question.
Breathe.
Breathe slowly.
Just be present with what is.
And what is right now is our focus on testing well.
While we're taking our test,
Distracting thoughts may come,
But we have a very simple response to them.
We merely notice the presence and then we get back to the test,
To doing well on the test because our minds can only be on one thing at a time.
So we give a hundred percent attention to the test.
And when those distracting thoughts come,
We just go back to answering the questions well.
Breathe slowly.
Breathe.
Breathe.
As we continue to cultivate this skill of being in the zone when we're test taking,
What will happen is over time is we'll get better and better at taking tests.
Because we are well prepared for each and every test,
We can go into the test with confidence knowing that we will do well,
Very well.
Because we have prepared and because we will stay focused on each question one at a time,
Staying focused on each question one at a time,
It's so simple.
Alls we have to do is when distracting thoughts come,
Is take a deep breath and then focus again on the test,
Only answering the questions one at a time.
And because we're in the zone,
We'll be able to tap into everything that we've learned and put it together in a very effective,
A very knowledgeable way.
The beautiful thing about being in the zone when we take tests is that not only do we feel good,
We begin to find that test taking can actually be an enjoyable experience because we're able to share our knowledge with our professors and demonstrate our grasp of the material well,
Very well.
Breathe slowly,
Just be present,
100% present with now.
And with these tools,
With this practice,
We will succeed.
We will succeed at doing our best,
Doing the best that we can do given how we prepared.
It's like tapping into an open book where all the knowledge,
All the information is accessible to us because we are in the zone where our minds are crisp,
Our memory is available and at its peak performance and we perform with excellence.
We perform each and every time extremely well.
And with this confidence,
We do well on all our tests,
Knowing that we are prepared and in the zone.
