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What if your breath is already doing the work?

When the mind races, the instinct is to solve something. Figure out the problem. Plan the next move. But Thich Nhat Hanh taught something surprisingly different: just breathe and know you're breathing. That's it. That's the whole practice.

Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know I am breathing out.— Thich Nhat Hanh
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Zen Master & Peace Activist

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926–2022) was a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, poet, and peace activist who brought mindfulness practice to the West through simple, practical teachings.

Based on Thich Nhat Hanh — Breathing In, Breathing Out, summarised and reframed by Insights.

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