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Mindfulness & meditation
Three-minute breathing space
A short, structured pause designed to fit into a working day. Notice, gather, expand.
About 3 minutes
Once or twice a day, at a fixed time
How to do it
- 1Minute one: notice what is here — thoughts, feelings, body.
- 2Minute two: gather attention on the breath at the belly.
- 3Minute three: widen attention back out to the whole body and the room.
What the evidence says
Comes from mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, where it is taught as a between-sessions practice.
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