The First Moment of Waking

Set this practice for the morning. The instant you wake up naturally, before reaching for the phone, before remembering the day's appointments, hold absolutely still. The body is loose, the mind has not yet started its work. There is a small pure window of awareness where you simply exist, with no story attached. Stay in that window for one or two minutes if you can. Then begin the day. The window will start finding you on its own, the way the sun finds the window of a quiet room.