I'd like to guide you today through a practice for the breath and the body.
And we'll be using our senses,
All five senses.
So your sense of seeing or sight.
Of feeling or touch.
Hearing,
And sounds.
And smell and also taste.
And.
This brief exercise is a grounding technique.
That maybe you experienced before,
But in every case.
Each time could be different.
So the invitation is to consider.
Five things you can see.
So go ahead and take a look around the space,
The environment you're in,
Your surroundings.
And identify five things.
You can see.
And you can name them in your mind or silently to yourself.
And once you have all five,
You can go on to four things.
That you can touch.
Or things you can touch.
And then three things you can hear.
So taking a moment to identify a name silently to yourself,
Three things you can hear.
And then two things you can smell.
Sometimes I gently close my eyes,
And you're welcome to if that's comfortable for you,
Just to zero in on the scent.
That I'm working with,
So.
Two things you can smell.
And then once you have those,
One thing you can take.
Maybe there's.
A taste lingering from something that you had or identifying the mouth feel.
Or if you have some kind of food or beverage by you,
You can also.
Pick that up and taste it mindfully.
So this five senses is a mindful.
Approach and technique that you can use anytime.
To come into your body.
Drawing on your own senses.
And this practice also brings us into our present moment.
Experience.
You might have noticed as you were experiencing this that you're referencing.
Your eyes,
Your nose.
Your mouth.
And you're drawing attention to your body.
And in doing so,
You're focusing with some intention.
On it as well.
I hope you enjoyed the practice.
I hope to see you back here.
So many beautiful operations on Insight Timer.
And may it be of benefit to you.
