Deep Breathing
But in one way this new habit has taken hold, and that is in the practice of deep breathing. My falling-to-sleep routine consists of deep, counted breaths, my falling-back-to-sleep routine too. I have more luck with the former than the latter, but in both areas, I'm definitely better off than I was before.
And then there are those moments. You know the ones I mean: sitting at a long stoplight or in the dentist's chair. Waiting for a file to load. The small anxieties and trials of daily life.
Since I began meditating — thanks to my former workplace, which still allows me to join their morning meditation group — I use deep breathing all the time. And it almost never fails to still my racing heart. I'll be meditating again in a moment. My shoulders are dropping a notch or two right now in anticipation.
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