Show Notes
Daily Unwind: Come Back to Your Senses 👂 Your senses offer six different channels into the experience of being alive. In this Daily Unwind, Jessica leads you through a simple sensory practice inspired by an exercise she learned at New York City's School of Practical Philosophy. You'll move through touch, hearing, sight, smell and taste, before turning your awareness inward to notice the physical and emotional sensations arising inside your body. This is an Unwind to return to again and again....
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