5 Senses For The Present Moment

If your mind is busy with thoughts from the past or future, this is a great meditation. It brings you to the present moment by paying attention to the senses of sight, touch, hearing, smell, and taste. If you have stress weighing you down to start, feel it melt away while peace fills your mind and body.

Transcript

Welcome to this meditation.

If you're feeling anxious or stressed,

You've come to the right organa senses.

If your mind wanders throughout,

That is okay and totally normal.

When you notice your mind is wandering,

Take a breath in yourself back to the present moment.

To start off,

Let's take a deep breath together,

Breathing in and breathing out.

Our breath in through the nose,

Out through the mouth.

Let your body relax.

We are going to go through five senses that the human body experiences,

Starting with acknowledging the sense of sight.

If your eyes aren't open already,

Open them now.

Take note to yourself five different things that you can see.

Feel free to describe the item to yourself and to forge and feel.

Moving on to three things that you can hear.

Can be several sounds in the back,

Obvious sounds too.

Acknowledging three things that you can hear.

Moving on to the sense of smell.

Notice two things that you can smell.

This isn't always obvious.

Take an item,

Get closer to your nose to smell it.

Now lastly,

We're gonna notice maybe there's some water beside you.

Sip even,

You just move your tongue around.

See if you notice anything.

Take a deep breath in through your nose,

Out through the mouth.

Through the nose,

Let it out through the mouth.

Relax your body.

Notice how you're feeling right now.

Since the beginning of our meditation,

As your mind present,

I hope you're feeling calmer than the beginning of our practice today.

And you can try this if you're feeling anxious,

Nervous,

Even sad,

Thinking on something from the past.

Keep this as a tool and feel free to come back to it whenever you feel you need it.

I wish you the best.

Reviews

The saying "stop and smell the roses" definitely applies with this meditation. We're so caught up in life that we forget the simple pleasures that allow us a moment before we collect ourselves and get back into it.