Age-Proof Your Focus: A Simple Practice for Cognitive Resilience
Combat age-related cognitive decline with interoception. This practice, focusing on internal sensations, can help maintain focus and cognitive resilience as you age.
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CORE PRACTICE: CONNECTION PRACTICE
- Begin this practice as you have the others, sitting comfortably yet alert. Anchor on your breath and focus on breath-related sensations.
- Now shift to bringing a sense of yourself into your mind, at this very moment in your life.
CORE PRACTICE: RIVER OF THOUGHT (2)
Get set . . . Find your flashlight and direct it toward prominent breath-related sensations for several breaths. This is always where we’ll start with any practice. And at any point in this exercise if you feel yourself getting drawn away (for example, getting caught in a ruminat...
CORE PRACTICE BOOSTER: WATCH YOUR WHITEBOARD
1. Repeat the previous steps. We begin the same way we did with the basic Find Your Flashlight (find where your thoughts focus on), by sitting in a chair, comfortable but upright, resting your hands in your lap, and closing or lowering your eyes (to limit visual distraction). Again, select promin...
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