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Pausing - A Micro Practice

by Karen Liebenguth

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Meditation
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I offer 5 Micro practices here on Insight Timer. Micro practices are powerful short practices for daily life at home or at work – for moments of stress, overwhelm, panic to help us come back to the present moment, to create some space in which we can clearly see what’s actually happening – and respond with choice rather than react.

PauseBody AwarenessCuriosityDaily LifeHomeWorkStressOverwhelmPanicPresent MomentRespond With ChoiceSound AwarenessCuriosity In PracticeCreating SpaceSoundsMicroReactions

Transcript

The second micro-practice is called pausing.

Taking a moment now to pause,

To stop doing,

And shifting to just being.

Whatever you are doing right now,

Stopping,

Pausing,

Listening to the sounds around you,

Letting the sounds come to you.

And what's here now in your experience?

Can you be curious about what's here now?

What do you notice in the body?

Feelings,

Thoughts,

Pausing,

Just being.

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Karen LiebenguthLondon

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