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Give your ability to focus your attention a workout to make it stronger and more flexible.

Parade Practice

Parade Practice

For this Parade Practice, we’re going to focus our attention primarily on thoughts for this practice.
We’re not erasing, ignoring or clearing them away, we’re going to practice observing them, in all their – busy, crowded, racing, demanding your attention – glory.
Without judgment, we’ll practice observing whatever is present.

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Interlaced Tracing Practice

Interlaced Tracing Practice – Level 3

Our ability to regulate thoughts and actions can begin with where we place and even move our attention. This Interlaced Tracing Practice utilizes the moving of attention, tracking and returning attention when it wanders. This is a higher level practice due to the need to retrieve attention and remember where you left off.

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Invisible Tracing Practice

Invisible Tracing Practice – Level 2

Our ability to regulate thoughts and actions can begin with where we place and even move our attention. This Invisible Tracing Practice utilizes the moving of attention, tracking and returning attention when it wanders.
We’ll incorporate breath as a tool for strengthening attention but with very little physical movement.

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Tracing Practice

Tracing Practice – Level 1

Our ability to regulate thoughts and action can begin with where we place and even move our attention. This Tracing Practice utilizes the moving of attention, tracking and returning attention when it wanders. We’ll incorporate breath as a tool for strengthening attention.

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Soft Belly Breath

Soft Belly Breath

Soft Belly Breath can be a helpful practice for settling and creating focus, after just a single breath.
It connects your mind and your body a little bit more with each repetition.
Try one, two or three and notice for yourself what you create in your body, in your mind. This is your practice, your tool for focusing from the inside.

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Staring Practice

Staring Practice

Here it is, possibly the simplest, most natural form of attention training ever, Staring Practice. Yes, you get to stare - stare at an object or into space.
You can reclaim the terms staring into space, zoning out and daydreaming.

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Slow Motion Hands

Slow Motion Hands

Sometimes it’s hard to be still or even imagine being still. Slow Motion Hands is a mindfulness practice for those times.

Move while strengthening your ability to focus and notice what works best in a given moment. You don’t have to be totally still to train yourself to slow down and be more present.

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Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

Sometimes it’s hard to even imagine being still. Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes is perfect for those times.

Move while strengthening your ability to focus and notice what works best for your body and mind.

You can move to train your whole self to be more present, even just for brief moments throughout your day.

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