My first practice today was using the lowering of the breath. At first I could feel a tremendous amount of anxiety and fear, I felt boredom, fatigue, the sense that 10 mins might last forever. I observed all of that. I sometimes got lost in my thoughts but as soon as I became of aware that, I was able to come back to the breath with non-judgement. Towards the end is when I was consciously thinking about each breath being brand new. I also felt a bit of pain in my upper and lower back but sat with it and observed.