Practice: Experiencing Life’s Energy
You can try this exercise from where you are sitting right now. Close your eyes and take several deep, slow breaths. With each exhaled breath, feel your body relax and release all of the tensions that it might store. Become internally quiet; try not to allow thinking to interfere with simple breathing and sensation.
If thoughts come up, simply observe them with detached curiosity. Perhaps you might notice how thoughts are creating muscle tensions or contractions in your body. Notice, too, how these tensions transform themselves into your emotions. Try not to get involved in the story line of your thoughts and subsequent tension—that is a trap that can keep you from the experience of this exercise.
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