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Practice: Improve focus

Practice: Improve focus

From the course: Mindfulness Practices

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Practice: Improve focus

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- This practice is to help you grow your capacity to focus your attention. Find a quiet space. Shut off any distractions. Sit comfortably relaxing your shoulders, your feet on the floor. Close your eyes or soften your gaze. Inhale through your nose. Start to become aware of the feeling of your breath as it goes in. Exhale through your mouth. Now start to deepen your breath. Put your hand on your belly. As you breathe in, feel the belly rise. As you breathe out, feel the belly fall. We will breathe in and out on a count of four. Let's start. Inhale. (inhaling) Two. Three. Four. Exhale. (exhaling) Two. Three. Four. In. (inhaling) Two. Three. Four. Out. Two. Three. Four. (inhaling) In. Two. Three. Four. Out. Two. Three. Four. Continue to breathe, paying attention to the feeling of your breath. You can quietly note in your mind in and out. If you're like most of us, you will soon find your mind wandering. Thoughts will pop up. Perhaps it's what you need to do next, something that happened…

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