Welcome to First This, a short mindfulness practice and message for any time. I'm Catherine

Nikolai. Hey, you came. Cool. Please get comfortable. Maybe rock your hips a little side to side

and feel your hip bones connecting with your seat.

Your spine becoming a bit more upright so that your chest is open.

And then take a deep breath in.

Let it out with sound.

One more, breathe in and out.

Good.

Now let's find a focal point for your mind to rest on.

And very frequently in lots of styles of meditation, the suggested focal point is your breath. And that makes sense for a lot of

people and in a lot of scenarios. But it's not the only way. And it might not even be the most

sensible way for you. So let's do something different. Notice the touch of your clothes on your skin.

I guess if you're sitting meditation naked today, go put on a robe.

But seriously, the sensation of your clothes against your skin. It's something so constant that you

probably tune it out. But what if you let it show up fully on your radar? radar. and let's dial it in even a little tighter, just your upper body.

The touch of your clothes on your back, chest, across your stomach, your arms.

Your arms. Don't take it to the next level of thought and then react to how it feels like I like it or I don't, it's good or it's not. That's not pertinent right now.

Let's stay in the place where we're just receiving the sensation. Thank you. Thank you. I'm I'm

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I'm Come back if you lost the thread,

thread, clothes.

See what I did there?

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