Pause to gather your attention and focus on the sensations of the following three breaths
image witnessed by M. Lee Freedman
"The ability to recognize and disengage from self-perpetuating patterns of ruminative, negative thought is a core mindfulness skill. The basic tool to shift mental gears is the intentional use of attention and awareness. By choosing what we are going to attend to, and how we are going to attend to it, we place our hand on the lever that enables us to change mental gears." -Zindel Segal (excerpt from post A 7-Minute Mindfulness Practice to Shift out of “Doing” Mode http://www.mindful.org/a-7-minute-practice-to-shift-out-of-doing-mode/
Wishing you many moments of mindful awareness in your day
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