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Sep 2018
8m 51s

Focus Your Attention with Rich Fernandez

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About this episode

This guided meditation cultivates the ability to calm and focus the mind with mindfulness. There’s no need to panic if your thoughts are racing, that’s natural. Instead, Rich Fernandez asks you to focus your attention on a single object. 

Show notes: Meditation by Rich Fernandez. 

Rich Fernandez is the CEO of Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (SIYLI). He was previously the director of executive education and people development at Google, where he was also one of the first SIY teachers.

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