From the course: Mindfulness at Work: The Basics

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Mindfulness of breath

Mindfulness of breath

- [Instructor] In this session, we will focus on the most universal of mindfulness practices, awareness of breath. Breath is fundamental, and this ever-changing breath connects you with the exhaling and inhaling of trees and the wild and cool winds that sweep across the land, and all the people with whom you work and live. We breathe together with all that lives. Becoming mindful of our breathing can calm and steady our attention, and improve our ability to focus on whatever we're doing, even amidst the chaos we sometimes experience at work. Throughout time, athletes, musicians, midwives and healers, martial artists and leaders all have learned how to use the power of conscious breath. During these next four sessions of Mindfulness Daily at Work, we will focus on this very important foundational skill, supported by the presence and kindness that we learned in the first sessions. Later, we will use this same focused awareness…

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