Before-and-after test

Sit down and hold your hands in front of your body, palms facing upward. Sense into them for one minute. Notice how they feel now: warm or cool, heavy or light, alive or neutral.

Then place your hands on your thighs. Breathe calmly for two minutes. As you exhale, let your shoulders sink. You do not have to breathe deeply. It is enough to become a little softer.

After these two minutes, lift your hands in front of your body again. Sense once more. What is different?

Compare not strictly, but kindly. Perhaps only a small detail is different. That is exactly the point.

Perhaps the hands have become warmer. Perhaps quieter. Perhaps you sense the fingertips more clearly. Perhaps the tingling is stronger or the whole body a little more relaxed.

Perhaps you also notice that one hand responds differently from the other. That is normal. Right and left do not have to be the same.

This exercise shows you: your perception is connected with your state. When you are stressed, you often sense less or more coarsely. When you become calmer, sensing becomes finer.

That does not mean you always have to be calm. It only means that you have a way to return.