Practicing mindfulness can be seen as a path whose destination is a strengthened mindfulness — a quality of mind characterized by reduced susceptibility to distraction, greater focus, heightened situational and self-awareness, and improved regulation of emotional agitation.

This month we will explore four key elements of a popular mindfulness practice known as Focused Attention and consider how it might be adapted to the practice of law in ways that feel more accessible for busy professionals, for whom sitting and focusing on the breath may seem trivial or unrealistic. Previously, we have examined this practice and its benefits.

Parsing the practice into its key elements will open up a variety of ways to practice mindfulness beyond the traditional method of “sitting with the breath” so that you may adapt the practice creatively, in ways that make sense to you and fit naturally into your daily routine.

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