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Harvard Women's Health Watch

Mindfulness in a hectic world

Published: April, 2009

Learning to focus on the present can help calm both body and mind.

Most of us are multitaskers. It's what we do to accomplish everything we expect of ourselves — working, volunteering, helping overextended children, troubled partners, grieving friends, or aging parents. Then there are concerns about the economy and the world situation. The result? We feel pressured, stressed, and unable to concentrate. We rush through activities without paying attention, snack and overeat without noticing, and listen to friends or colleagues without really hearing them. One antidote is to practice mindfulness.

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Try the tree pose

To build concentration and balance, try doing the tree pose: Stand with your feet directly under your hips, feet parallel. Lift your right foot and rest it on the inside of your left leg, under your knee. Clasp your hands together in front of your heart. Keep your gaze forward and take up to six easy breaths. Then repeat, this time standing on your right leg and lifting your left. If your balance is shaky, rest your hands on a chair in front of you.

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