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

Nikolai. Thanks for joining me today. I'm really glad you're here. Please make yourself as

comfortable as possible. There are no requirements on position or even staying still. It only has to make sense to you.

Take a deep breath in through your nose and sigh out.

Nice. Do it again. Breathe in.

And let it go.

Good.

Let your breath become natural, moving just through your nostrils if possible. We'll spend these first few minutes doing a bit of a, training your brain, to notice more about right now.

So even the very subtle sensations, like the ones caused by the movement of air as it moves through your nostrils.

The rhythmic movement of your abdomen.

You might notice the weight of your clothes tipping into an opinion about it.

Stay where it's simple, just receiving data.

And when you realize you've wandered, nothing wrong, just start again. Thank you. I'm I'm

I'm

I'm Still there? Still there? still there,

paying calm attention

to what you feel right now.

I was looking into aspects of anxiety the other day, you know, for fun.

And I was thinking about how that ball gets rolling.

And next time we'll look at when anxiety starts in the body.

But today let's consider when it starts in the mind,

when it goes from the top down.

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