​This meditation is intended to be used when thoughts or mood spiral in a negative direction. Deliberately using the breathing space whenever we notice unpleasant feelings, or a sense of tightness or holding in the body, provides an opportunity to begin to respond rather than react.

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Firstly, we become aware of our thoughts, feelings and emotions with a sense of kindness and self-compassion whatever we find, we then focus our attention on our breathing, and lastly, expand our awareness back out to a sense of the body and experience as a whole.

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It can be used as much as you like, at work, at home, or any time you might need to restore some degree of calm and self-compassion in your day.