Shift your attention to the sensation of the warm water flowing over your body. Can you experience the water as a massage? Zoom in on the little pressure changes, on the individual streams against your skin. Stay with exactly what’s happening; try not to get lost in a daydream. Now, this is already a good enough meditation—quite lush and sensual, to say nothing of wet. But I like to add an extra something to test my openness. I’ll start by noticing the receptivity of my body to the warm water—pores open, body relaxed. And then I’ll switch the water to cold, and see if I can maintain the same
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