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How to Pay Better Attention, With Neuroscientist Dr. Amishi Jha

The Upgrade by Lifehacker

CHAPTER

The Finder Flashlight Practice

mindfulness is a practice of paying attention to the sensations of breathing. It's like mental cross training for our attention, like cross fit for the mind. Start off slow and do very fundamental practices formally during your daily routine. Yoking it to a daily habit is going to be your best bet to insure consistency. And then what i offer in the book is a whole suite of practices that not just happen to the flashlight, but these other dimensions of our attention.

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