It’s about being embodied, being with the primary experience of being alive, rather than with the nervous energy of our daily and kammic functions.

When there is embodied security and confidence, the breathing-energy will carry that message through the entire body. It’s about simplifying and getting to the roots of what you’re experiencing. Notice how triggering and conditioning occur.

Learn to calm these saṅkhārā by referring to them directly: not so much ‘They don’t like me’ but ‘agitation and uncertainty’. Translate ‘I should be’ and ‘I ought to do’ into ‘pressure’. Then you can contain these activating effects in your entire body (widen attention to include feet and back) and through mindfully relaxing, release them

Remember: there’s nothing wrong with you.

Ajahn Sucitto