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

I'm Catherine Nikolai. Thanks for sitting with me today.

And you can sit or lie down or take your legs up a wall, use cushions as needed and just generally settle in.

Take a deep breath in through your nose.

And sigh through your mouth.

One more for now.

Breathe in.

Out with sound.

Good.

Lips together.

Natural breath passing through your nostrils and just dialing into how breathing feels.

Sometimes it helps to focus on the place in your body where feeling your breath is easiest, where it's most apparent.

Just get your foot in the door and then stay there.

Apply your attention.

When you notice that you've wandered off, no biggie, just start over.

Even if that happens again and again, there's still nothing wrong. Thank you. Thank you. I. I'm

I'm

I'm Thank you. I was thinking today about notes that I used to put up on the bathroom mirror at my yoga studio,

one that came back to me in my mind while I was talking myself out of something that I actually really believed in and wanted.

And that note, that message is,

stop waiting to feel ready. Thank you. Still with your breath. Thank you. Sometimes you will never feel ready.

Waiting for all the stars to line up just right can often be a way of avoiding.

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