Open Mind, Healthy Body

In my interview today with Dr. Les Fehmi, co-author of "Open Focus Brain: Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body," the biofeedback pioneer offered some tips on how we can begin developing a more open attention to improve our health and quality of life.

If you're feeling stuck in narrow attention - lurching from stress to stress and never really finding a place to release tension - try Dr. Fehmi's simple quickie exercise:

Since the hands and fingers are very sensitive and wired in to our central nervous system, they are a good place to start. Begin by looking at the thumb and forefinger on one hand. Become aware of the thumb and forefinger as you pinch them together and apart, together and apart. Begin to include the space between the thumb and forefinger in your awareness. Gradually allow the space to become as important in your awareness as your fingers. When you reach a place of awareness where the opening and closing of the space between your fingers is as important or more than the fingers opening and closing - you'll be on your way to more open focus attention. As you move back into whatever your activities for the day may be - notice what you notice! You just might like how you feel!