A Simple Awareness Exercise

        Most busy Westerners (like you?) aren't trained or mo-tivated to notice the ceaseless flux of "What's happening in and around me right now?" Conscious awareness of yourself and others around you is essential for personal health, effec-tive communication, and high-nurturance relationships and families. A simple way to raise your awareness is to stop, breathe easily from your belly (vs. your chest), and slowly cycle several times through these observations silently or out loud - without judgment: "Right now...

I see...

I feel...

I think

I need...

I hear...

I smell...

Try this in different situations and see what you learn!

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