GPS Guide: Michele McDonald's Mindful Driving Exercise

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Trying to kick that texting-while-driving habit? Or do you want to stop spacing out when behind the wheel? Longtime meditation instructor, Michele McDonald, has developed several mindfulness exercises that you can practice safely while driving. This is a great way to learn how to be mindful.

Try these simple exercises to help you stay calm and focused on the road.

Michele McDonald has taught Insight meditation for 31 years. She teaches extensively throughout the United States, Canada and Burma. Michele is the first woman to teach a formal retreat in Burma, side-by-side with a senior monastic figure, Sayadaw U Lakkhana, Abbot of Kyaswa Monastery. Her teaching style gently strengthens mindfulness and concentration to help people access the peaceful depths of their experience in every moment. For more information about her teaching visit www.vipassanahawaii.org.

Try more of Michele’s guided exercises on her CD Awake at the Wheel: Mindful Driving from More Than Sound.

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