In this exercise, we are invited to listen to the deeper sensations and emotional messages that are reflected from our gut brain. These may include physical sensations such as tightness or bloating in our abdomen or butterflies in the stomach, as well as feelings of safety, ease, insecurity, worry, excitement or fear. Sister Dang Nghiem invites us to return to our mindful breathing as we notice these feelings and sensations arising, allowing our body to relax.
By practising these exercises, Sister Dang Nghiem tells us that we can become a soulmate to ourselves: "present to remember, to know and to care for what is in [our] body and mind".