Usually, whatever we do, our attention is outside. Mindfulness is the opposite – we have to bring it back into ourselves, into this body and this mind. 

It’s a new habit of doing the same thing but with the attention inside the body while we’re doing what is outside and not giving too much attention to what is outside.

It’s like a taste of it in the retreat – you walk and you’re aware; you can do two things – you’re walking and you’re aware you’re walking. You’re eating and you’re aware you’re eating; and later on, you’re talking and you’re aware you’re talking.

This is to get a taste of how to stay inside while doing what we normally do.