Beginner's Mind

First This

Kathryn Nicolai

Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Relaxation, Kathrynnicolai, Mindfulness, Alternative Health, Nothingmuchhappens, Meditation

4.9 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Let's start again, with a beginner's mind.

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0:00.0	Welcome to first this, a short mindfulness practice and message for any time.
0:09.0	I'm Catherine Nikolai.
0:12.0	Come, settle in.
0:16.0	Put your body in any posture that is comfortable for you.
0:24.6	Take a second to relax your shoulders,
0:28.6	unclench your jaw,
0:31.6	and soften anywhere that you've been holding.
0:36.6	Draw a deep, full breath in through your nose,
0:41.2	and sigh through your mouth. Again, breathe fully in. Let it all out.
0:58.6	Good.
1:02.4	Just natural breath now.
1:09.1	Through the nose, if you can.
1:14.2	Eyes might naturally close.
1:26.1	Maybe this is the first time in a while
1:28.3	that things have sort of stopped.
1:37.3	So let's just be still
1:42.3	and feel whatever you can feel. So let's just be still.
2:23.3	Feel whatever you can feel in your body. Here is the approach I recommend today. Work with a beginner's mind.
2:29.3	Which maybe that's how you feel and it's easy to identify with.
2:42.6	If you haven't done much meditation or you just realize the ground your mind covers is fast,
2:51.6	and there's lots to learn.
2:57.6	If you find you have that seed of resistance
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