Marco and Sarah had been dating for the past three years. One day Sarah noticed Marco looking at another woman. Sarah felt her pulse and her thoughts began to race. she thought to herself, that cheating jerk because both Marco and Sarah had taken a meditation course recently and they had both been practicing mindfulness, Sarah was able to pause and take note of her arousal. Instead of yelling at Marco for checking out another woman, Sara took a deep breath and allowed her anger to subside. She asked Marco if he thought the other girl was attractive, not as much as you are, Marco replied, but I think I was in a class in college with her