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PRACTICE 2

Thoughts will arise but no one thought or emotion is better than the next with this practice. The key thing here is to spend time sitting with whatever arises and breathing into it instead of feeling as if you need to distract yourself from it.

Recognise and acknowledge your thinking as just thinking before returning your focus to the breath. Do this time and time again, regularly. Remember, you are more than your thoughts. You are more than your thinking.

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