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Clear Mind Before the Turn

~5 min
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                Find a comfortable position where you are seated. Allow your body to soften against the chair. Let your shoulders drop away from your ears. Unclench your jaw and let your eyes grow heavy. Take a slow, deep breath in through your nose, filling your lungs completely. Now, exhale slowly through your mouth, letting go of the focus on tiles, cities, and roads. Your game will wait for you. For these few minutes, there is nothing to build, nothing to claim, and nothing to defend. Simply arrive here in this moment. Notice the weight of your body pressing into the seat. Feel the contact between your feet and the floor. This is your anchor. The game of Carcassonne is a beautiful strategy of placement and growth, but right now, your mind needs a wide open space to reset. Breathe in stillness. Breathe out the tension of the last round. Your thoughts might drift back to the board, to the placement of a follower or the scoring of a field. That is perfectly fine. When you notice yourself thinking about the game, just gently bring your attention back to your breath. Watch the rise and fall of your chest. Feel the coolness of the air entering your nostrils. With each exhale, imagine the grid of the game board dissolving into soft, gray space. You are not a player right now. You are just a person, breathing, existing, and recharging. There is no urgency. Time is suspended. Let your mind become like an empty meadow, vast and quiet. If you feel a tightness in your stomach or your chest, send your breath into those spaces. Soften them. Release the competitive energy. Your mind is a tool, and a sharp tool requires a moment of quiet to be at its best. Prepare to step back into the game not with force, but with a renewed sense of clarity and patience. Feel the quiet confidence growing within you. You are centered. You are grounded. You are ready to see the board with fresh eyes when the time comes. Begin to deepen your breath now, inviting a little more energy back into your body. Feel the surface beneath you again. Wiggle your fingers and your toes. Notice the sounds in the room around you. When you are ready, bring your awareness back to the space you are in, carrying this calm with you. Open your eyes slowly. Take one last deliberate breath, feeling ready and composed. You are now prepared to return to the table, centered and refreshed for your next turn.            
Focus: A meditation for a break from the carcassone game to get ready for a new round
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