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Basking outdoors
Nature is an ideal place to open up and let your floodlight shine. The container is big, the landscape is always shifting, and yet the scene is rarely stressful. Being outdoors is actually known to reduce stress and benefit us in so many ways. You don’t need to go deep into the forest. Nature is anywhere there’s earth, sky and other species.
Meghan Fitzgerald
Practicing Attention
Thank you to Meghan Fitzgerald for sharing our attention practice, inspired by Georges Perec’s “An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris.”
If you have three days to spend in a Parisian cafe, I highly recommend it. But, if you’re like me, that’s not in the cards. Instead, though, take ten minutes (even more if you can) and head outside—each with a pencil and paper in hand. Find a spot to perch, then just gently note anything and everything you notice.
Meghan Fitzgerald
Boosting Kids' Attention
We’ve loved testing out these simple, fun ways to boost the part of their attention system kids use to stay open and alert to the dynamic world around them.