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Let Your Attention Fan Out, Then Focus Like a Laser
You can focus your attention on anything that you can perceive, with any of your senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, or on any combination of these.
How to do it
- Take an easy belly breath and then allow your eyes to wander, without focusing on anything specific.
- In this “discovery mode” of attention, imagine your attention to fan out noticing what you perceive in the wider area of your field of vision.
- Select a target for your eyes to focus on and bring your attention to that as you might adjust a camera.
- You can alternate between noticing all that is in your field of vision, and focusing precisely like a laser beam.
- Notice the impact on your whole body aliveness.
Benefits
- Increases your capacity for awareness and focus.
- Enhances playful interaction with the environment around you.
- Increases your capacity to take in your surroundings.
