There are a variety of meditational techniques, the  technique we use to attain this state of concentration is to direct the mind to the breath during meditation. By doing this, we learn how to not become distracted by our emotional upheavals, concepts  and so forth. 

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Our whole attention is directed to the outgoing and incoming breath, and we try to hold our attention to that. There is also a general sense of paying attention to our bodily posture. We sit cross- legged, the right hand resting on the left hand. The spine has to be completely straight, the head is slightly tilted and we face forward directly in front of us instead of sitting slightly sideways. The eyes are closed somewhat, but not completely, so that we are gazing downward at the floor.

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Our bodily posture should be relaxed but not completely relaxed; there must be some sense of uprightness as well. The shoulders have to be relaxed but somewhat stretched out, because we have a tendency to go to sleep or become mentally fuzzy if our chest is caved in. We concentrate on the breath, but our focus is not regarded as the end product because we do it to attain a state of concentration, which is the result of doing this meditation practice.

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When we engage in meditation what we are learning to do is to understand something about ourselves, simply practising meditation in order to be less distracted or less restless has a limited use.

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The practice of meditation allows us to rise above  certain habitual tendencies from a Buddhist perspective, the idea is not to suppress thoughts, ideas, concepts or emotional upheavals. The real enemy is our lack of attention or lack of awareness.

 

The idea is to use these mental processes as part of meditation so that we can prosper and develop as human beings.