Welcome to first this, a short mindfulness practice and message for any time.

I'm Catherine Nikolai. Come, sit down with me.

This moment of getting settled can be part of the habit we are building.

It helps to have specific behaviors that are sort of built in

so that when you struggle to feel inspired to come practice,

well, your body takes over.

You don't have to make a bunch of decisions about how or where,

or maybe when you do this.

Your body knows.

So let's build those muscle memories.

Figure out right now how you need to sit or lie down to be comfortable and able to focus on your breath.

Okay. be comfortable and able to focus on your breath. Once you're there, let's take a big breath in through the nose and sigh from the mouth.

Another, please.

Breathe in.

And sigh out.

Good.

The next part of this habit is to just be.

Breathe naturally through your nose.

Give yourself a little time for your thoughts to run out of momentum.

You're stepping. You're stepping back from actively doing anything.

You can see your thoughts,

but you don't have to be them.

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