Lesson 4: Finding your focus in practice | Amishi Jha

In this video lesson, Jha demonstrates how to enhance your ability to recognize when your mind is starting to wander and redirect its focus by utilizing her Breath Awareness Practice. Throughout the video, she’ll reference three systems of attention: your “Flashlight,” which trains your attention on specific information; your “Floodlight,” which helps you consider the bigger picture; and your “Juggler,” which manages multiple pieces of information. Learning Objectives Explore Amishi Jha’s Breath Awareness Practice. Apply her techniques for focusing, noticing, and redirecting to daily life. © Freethink Media Inc., All Rights Reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go Deeper with Big Think: ►Become a Big Think Youtube Member Get exclusive classes and early, ad-free access to new releases without leaving Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/@bigthink/membership/ ►Become a Big Think Web Member Get the entire Big Think Class library, premium print issues, live events, and more. https://bigthink.com/membership/ ►Subscribe to Big Think on Substack Get all of your favorite Big Think content delivered to your inbox. https://bigthinkmedia.substack.com/subscribe/ ►Listen to Big Think Interviews on Spotify Insights from the world's biggest thinkers, now as a podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/7KRYoRD1NdF2aoQcBMyPlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Amishi Jha: Dr. Amishi Jha is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami. She serves as the Director of Contemplative Neuroscience for the Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative, which she co-founded in 2010. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California–Davis and postdoctoral training at the Brain Imaging and Analysis Center at Duke University. Dr. Jha’s work has been featured at NATO, the World Economic Forum, and The Pentagon. She has received coverage in the The New York Times, NPR, TIME, Forbes and more.