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

I'm Catherine Nikolai.

Come, I've saved a space for you.

Settle in and be comfortable, whatever that looks like today.

Let your body relax.

We've got ten minutes to just be.

Take a slow, full breath in and let it out.

Again, fill it up.

And sigh.

Good.

So just a natural breath for now.

Through the nose if you can.

We need a point of focus to rest the mind on something that's happening now. Your breath is kind of an obvious choice. It's always there.

It comes with some easy-to-feel sensations, so that's what I recommend.

But if there's something that works better for you, go right ahead.

Just don't get stuck in some thought about what to choose as a trap. It just doesn't matter. For the next couple of minutes,

just keep steering your attention toward that point of focus. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. If your mind has wandered, try smilingly bringing it back, just to remind yourself to approach this with a friendly attitude.

You're just trying something.

Sometimes it doesn't work, no biggie.

Just start again. Thank you. So the next time your mind is following a thought, try tracing it back and see if you can find the place in your mind that the thought originated.

If you hear your thoughts, and hey, I don't.

Brains are different.

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