Practice: Catch and Release Relaxing into moments of uncertainty  Tune in to your body  Take 3 slow breaths, all the way down to your belly  Briefly notice the sensations you’re experience  sitting in the chair, temperature in the room  Scan for embodied stress – Brief Body Scan Practice  Scan the body and notice where you’re holding stress. Release, breath into any tight spots. This might be where you’re holding embodied stress  Let go of expectation – notice where you’re attached to how things should be/go. See for what they are: possible outcomes. Remind yourself that anything can happen  Uncertainty is here, welcome it!  Lean back – physically (inviting more relaxation, receptivity.  Bring attention to a comfortable anchor such as the breath, hands/feet, sounds  Let the moment unfold as it will 14

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