Mindfulness Pocketbook: Little Exercises for a Calmer Life

Focusing and Engaging Your Attention

‘If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.’ – Laurence J. Peter

Mindfulness requires focus: a clear and defined point of attention. It means managing your attention so that it is focused and occupied with immediate experience.

Often, the advice is to quiet your mind for ten minutes and focus on a breathing meditation to help you find inner peace, calm and balance.

But it's not easy to simply sit and meditate – to quiet your mind and focus on your breathing – without your mind wandering.

There is, though, a way to keep effortlessly focused for relatively long periods, ...