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worksheets .Mindfulness WorksHeet 3   (Mindfulness Handouts 3, 3a)
Wise m ind p ractice
Due Date:       Name:                   Week Starting:  
Wise m ind p ractice e xercise: Check off an exercise each time you do one.
    1. Attended to my breath coming in and out, letting my attention settle into my center.
    2. Imagined being a flake of stone on the lake.
    3. Imagined walking down an inner spiral stairs.
    4. Dropped into the pauses between inhaling and exhaling.
    5. Breathed “wise” in, “mind” out.
    6. Asked Wise Mind a question (breathing in) and listened for the answer (breathing out).
    7. Asked myself, “Is this Wise Mind?”