52Mindfulness Handout 3a   (p. 2 of 2)
5. asking is this Wise m ind? Breathing in, ask yourself, “Is this (action, thought, plan, etc.) 
Wise Mind?”
••Breathing out, listen for the answer.
••Listen, but do not give yourself the answer. Do not tell yourself the answer; listen for it.
••Continue asking on each in-  breath for some time. If no answer comes, try again another 
time.
6. attending to your breath coming in and out, let your attention settle into your center .
••Breathing in completely, notice and follow the sensations of your breath coming in.
••Let your attention settle into your center, at the bottom of your breath, at your solar 
plexus— or
••Let your attention settle in the center of your forehead, your “third eye,” at the top of your 
breath.
••Keeping your attention at your center, exhale, breathing normally, maintaining attention.
••Settle into Wise Mind.
7. expanding awareness.  Breathing in, focus your awareness on your center.
••Breathing out, stay aware of your center, but expand awareness to the space you are in now.
••Continue on in the moment.
8. Dropping into the pauses between inhaling and exhaling.
••Breathing in, notice the pause after inhaling (top of breath).
••Breathing out, notice the pause after exhaling (bottom of breath).
••At each pause, let yourself “fall into” the center space within the pause.
9. other Wise m ind practice ideas: