Attention Practice: Aim & Sustain
by meditative - September 28th, 2011.Filed under: Attending Meditation Exercises, Mindfulness for Parents & Children.
Take a couple of moments before beginning this practice to just allow the mind to settle and the body to relax naturally. It might help to take 2-3 deep breaths into the belly…
When you are ready, start with the inhalation- and aim your attention on the sensation of the movement of air as you breathe into the belly, and as best you can, keep it there for half a breath with the pause between the in and out breaths. Then reverse this process- and aim your attention on the sensation of movement of breath as you breathe out- keeping it there throughout your exhalation.
Don’t forget to let your body relax and notice the pause between the inhale and exhale, and then again the pause between the exhale and the inhale. If you become distracted at any point in this practice, simply start over again.