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Kathryn Nicolai

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

4.9701 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Asking questions keeps you present.

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0:00.0

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

0:10.3

I'm Catherine Nicolai, and good job just for being here.

0:18.9

Take a second to prioritize your own comfort.

0:23.6

And maybe that's something that you don't have a lot of experience with.

0:29.6

That's okay, we're learning.

0:32.6

Get comfortable.

0:35.6

Release your shoulders and your jaw.

0:41.4

If it's okay with you, close your eyes.

0:51.7

Then take a slow, deep breath in through your nose. And then take a slow, deep breath in through your nose,

0:56.0

and sigh through your mouth.

1:01.0

Again in and out. Good.

1:13.6

Now lips together and natural breath moving through your nose.

1:30.3

There's nothing to do right now, besides noticing what breathing feels like.

1:45.0

If you get caught up in something other than that, no biggie. Just start over with the very next breath. Thank you. Thank you. One of the most frequently asked questions I get about meditation is, um, am I doing it?

4:10.5

Yeah, you are.

4:14.8

I get it.

4:16.0

It can seem like some altered state,

4:20.3

some tricky to perform maneuver.

4:24.8

But meditation is actually just paying attention

4:28.1

to what is happening now in a calm way.

4:33.6

So if it isn't happening to you right now, let it go.

4:50.8

Let's notice what is. Another frequently asked question, and this is actually a frequently said statement, I hear from

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