Welcome to First This, a short mindfulness practice and message for any time.

I'm Catherine Nikolai.

Okay, if you have the space and can, why not lay down today?

Or take your legs up a wall, or add a blanket or a cushion.

It's okay to let yourself feel really

comfortable and at ease. Then draw a deep breath in and sigh it out. Do one more like that.

Breathe in and release it.

Good.

Lips together now.

Let your breath move just through your nose at its own natural pace.

And for the next minute or so, just attend to the feeling of the breath.

Let it fill your senses.

Let it be interesting. be curious about it.

Let it be your whole universe.

When you realize you've wandered off or started to have some opinions about it, just shake it off and start again. Thank you. I'm I'm

I'm

I'm Thank you. Thank you. You have arrived at a tenderness checkpoint.

But seriously,

there is nothing to fix

or improve on today.

No self-betterment to chase.

Just soft awareness.

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