Orienting Using The Five Senses

This practice offers a gentle guidance through using the five senses (visual, audio, tough, smell and taste) to orient to the present moment environment.
It can be used to ground into the immediate experience of where you are.
It fosters a sense of connection, calm and relaxation.

Transcript

Welcome to this orienting practice where we're going to use our five senses to bring ourselves back into a sense of presence in the here and now where we found our find ourselves grounded so take a few moments to look around the space the place where you find yourself in you might be out in nature or in your home and we're going to use our eyes to take in visual cues of the reality of the space where we are right here right now we're going to look behind us all around up if you are in a room check out the door which is the exit and it's supporting a nervous system to feel a sense of safety have a look at the ceiling any corners feeling a full physical sense of where we are as we are right now then gently take your attention to any sounds that you hear in your environment sounds in the distance or closer see if you can let go of the tendency to reach out for sounds and allow sounds to come to you notice what happens in your body as you connect with sounds gently take your attention to the sense of touch the sense of your physical body where it is in the shape volume it is right now in time and space tuning to any sensations have sensations of contact between your body and the beneath it could be the ground bed chair the sensations of clothing touching your skin prickling perhaps itchiness have sensations of pleasure of holding see if you can tune in to the felt sense of the body then take your attention to the sense of smell notice any aromas any fragrances what's present right now in your experience you can bring to mind a memory of a smell pleasant or unpleasant aroma but we mostly want to connect with whatever fragrances are present right here right now then take your attention to the sense of taste any lingering taste previous meals drinks what is present right now in your experience of taste this practice can be done with eyes closed or eyes open sometimes closing our eyes can foster deeper sense of connection with whatever we are putting our attention on so it's quite helpful to come back to this practice throughout your day look around use your eyes to ground yourself into your present moment experience then move to sounds touch you can offer self touch then move to any aromas and finish with any tastes

Reviews

A simple but really effective grounding practice. I'm using this at the beginning of my meditation/ somatic movement practices in the morning and it really helps to bring my racing mind back to the present and cultivate safety in the mind and body. Thank you Elena 💙

Thank you so much for this beautiful meditation that I found really supportive and loving. This is a practice that I will use regularly through my day to support in bringing safety to my nervous system. I am grateful to you for making this meditation available. I look forward to your more meditations in the future 🙏🏽💚