Enhance Focus, Concentration, and Awareness with Mindful.org - https://www.mindful.org/category/mindful-skills/focus/ Healthy Mind, Healthy Life Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:34:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.mindful.org/content/uploads/cropped-Mindful-logo-blue-550px-1-48x48.png Enhance Focus, Concentration, and Awareness with Mindful.org - https://www.mindful.org/category/mindful-skills/focus/ 32 32 3 Science-Backed Strategies to Build Healthy Habits in the New Year https://www.mindful.org/3-science-backed-strategies-to-build-healthy-habits-in-the-new-year/ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:39:52 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=38296 It’s the season for setting new goals and making resolutions, but the secret to lasting change is constructing a system of habits that make new outcomes possible.

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]]> 7 Mindful Prompts for Reading Poetry https://www.mindful.org/7-mindful-prompts-for-reading-poetry/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 20:23:04 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=649623 Poetry can seem intimidating, but all it really asks us to do is slow down, get curious, and notice. It’s a lot like meditation! Here are seven mindful prompts to help you discover the nurturing practice of reading poetry.

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]]> 3 Mindful Ways to Transform Negative Thoughts https://www.mindful.org/3-simple-ways-transform-negative-thoughts/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 20:39:18 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=14858 Recognizing our thoughts and where they're taking us is the first step to changing our relationship to them.

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]]> Take Three Minutes to Bring More Mindfulness to the Holidays https://www.mindful.org/take-three-minutes-bring-mindfulness-holidays/ Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:13:37 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=19592 It's tempting to put off self-care to the New Year. Explore these three practices to help you build resilience during this busy time of year.

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]]> 5 Minutes to Focus With Shalini Bahl  https://www.mindful.org/5-minutes-to-focus-with-shalini-bahl/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 20:09:05 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=649025 In this audio series, Shalini Bahl offers six short mindfulness practices that help us cultivate presence, positivity, connection, and calm focus.

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]]> A 5-Minute Meditation to Develop Better Focus https://www.mindful.org/a-5-minute-meditation-to-develop-better-focus/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:54:58 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=648978 Hone your present-moment awareness and focus. You can try this meditation while seated, standing, or walking.

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]]> A 5-Minute Meditation to Focus With Ease https://www.mindful.org/a-5-minute-meditation-to-focus-with-ease/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:52:38 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=648967 Let go of the tension that often arises when we try too hard.

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]]> How to Meditate through Exercise https://www.mindful.org/how-to-meditate-through-exercise/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:21:25 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=21575 Meditating through exercise isn't complicated: You can train the mind and body with the breath as part of any exercise that you already do.

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]]> An Election Day Meditation https://www.mindful.org/a-guided-s-t-o-p-practice-for-focused-awareness/ Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:58:03 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=40885 Follow along as Rhonda Magee guides us through a S.T.O.P. practice for focused awareness. The invitation is to be kind to yourself, take a conscious breath, and gently relate to thoughts, emotions, and sensations that arise.

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]]> 7 Mindful Strategies to Ease Election Anxiety https://www.mindful.org/mindful-strategies-to-ease-election-anxiety/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:45:33 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=15096 When we feel anxious we become reactive and are more likely to oversimplify life through a narrow lens. Here are 7 mindfulness techniques to combat the negative political rhetoric.

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