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naturally slow down and deepen, without you making any effort to do
so. Mindfulness, without you doing anything, brings a calmness to
your breathing, and in turn to your body and your mind.
Exercise 3: Paying attention to your posture
As you sit and enjoy your breathing in and breathing out, notice your
posture. It helps to embody in your posture the state of mind you are
trying to create through your practice. On the one hand you want to
find a posture that’s comfortable and restful; but you also want to
find a way of sitting that embodies a certain alertness and awareness.
In practicing mindful meditation, you are not trying to switch off
from or tune out reality. What you’re trying to do when you practice
mindfulness is to wake up to what is happening in your life, in the
present moment. And so it helps to sit comfortably, whether on a
chair, or a c W6