{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"A Grounding Practice to Focus Your Busy Mind","description":"There are times when we\u2019re so busy thinking, planning, worrying, stressing that it\u2019s really hard to focus on the breath or the body, or whatever particular meditation object we\u2019re using. This practice with Mark Coleman offers an alternative that\u2019s helpful when we feel like we\u2019re going a million miles an hour. It uses soft, focused attention: relaxed eyes, soft gaze, and just being aware of the visual stimuli\u2014like color, light, form, shape\u2014to settle our focus.  Mark Coleman is a Dharma teacher at Spirit Rock and has taught Insight Meditation retreats since 1997 worldwide. Mark is passionate about integrating meditation and nature and leads wilderness retreats through his organization Awake in the Wild and runs annual Nature Meditation teacher trainings. Cofounder of the Mindfulness Training Institute, Mark coeads year-long mindfulness teacher trainings in Europe and the US. He is author of Awake in the Wild: Mindfulness in Nature as a Path of Self-Discovery and Make Peace With Your Mind and his recent book From Suffering to Peace. He lives in Sausalito, Marin and likes nothing more than hiking, biking, and kayaking in the outdoors. Find out more at markcoleman.org The transcription of this guided meditation will be online and in our app at Mindful.org next week.  Stay curious, stay inspired. Sign up for our free newsletter mindful.org\/signup or download the app for free at mindful.org\/app.  Show Notes Find more from Mark Coleman here. Go Deeper  For a variety of reasons, not every brain is well-suited to \u201ctraditional\u201d meditation techniques. Here are ways to explore other alternative practices:  Awareness in Action: Rethinking ADHD Through Mindfulness  Guided Meditations for Working with ADHD and Anxiety  Trusting Your Senses  Mindfulness and Autism: Learning to Celebrate Neurodiversity  Addiction, Trauma, and the Problem of Being Present  If you\u2019ve even had the feeling that traditional meditation isn\u2019t for you because of how you\u2019re wired, try this neurodivergent-friendly approach:  Dual Anchor: A Neurodiversity-Informed Meditation for Wandering Attention   And more from Mindful here: More episodes of 12 Minute Meditation Let us know what you thought of this episode of 12 Minute Meditation by leaving a review or by emailing yourwords@mindful.org.   ","author_name":"12 Minute Meditation","author_url":"http:\/\/www.mindful.org","html":"