The returning of attention to what actually matters after drift. Recentering is not starting over; it is finding the middle again.
Re- (Latin, again) attached to center, from Latin centrum, from Greek kentron (a sharp point, the fixed point of a compass); recentering is a returning to the fixed point a thing was measured from all along.
The returning of attention to what actually matters after drift. The root's fixed point is the useful part: recentering is not starting over, it is finding the same middle again.