What are some personal meditative or mindfulness practices that everyone uses before, during, or after tefillah or other practices?

Some with me, when I wrap my tallit gadol over my head and face, I like to take deep breaths. I remember that the four corners show G-d’s sovereignty over the world. When I bind my arm tefillin – I bind outwards on my arm symbolizing what I want to bring to the earth, then I bind inwards on my hand thanking G-d for what’s given to me and that I take with thankfulness. I remember that the arm bayit is right next to my heart. With my head tefillin, since I’m a mental health professional and know the brain anatomy, I remember the bayit is sitting right on my prefrontal cortex which controls my behavior and decision making. The retsuah is going around my temporal and parietal lobes allowing me to feel sensation and to hear and speak. Then the dalet is right on my occipital lobe allowing me to see and process what I see. During my personal prayer during the amidah I hug my siddur thinking of all the words I’ve just recited up to that point and how how G-d has helped me. After prayer when removing the retsuah I envision my prayers being released in a way.

Non prayer related, but with netilat yadayim I alternate between meditating on Chesed and Gevurah with each splash and using my hands for those purposes.

I’m interested to know anyone else’s personal rituals that they might add.