Grounding To Metaphors

This mindfulness practice invites you to take stock of your inner landscape: your thoughts, emotions and body sensations using metaphors.

This practice might be supportive to you if you’re feeling a bit stressed, or if you're trying to get clearer on how you are feeling. Every practice is different, and different for every person. It may work for you often or rarely, in this moment or in another moment. If you notice that it’s not helping you feel more grounded, you may want to try something else.

This practice involves sensing body sensations, thoughts and emotions.

Transcript

Inviting you to close your eyes or soften your gaze as feels comfortable. Inviting you to only do that of this practice that feels good and helpful, And to not do anything that brings discomfort. Inviting you to briefly check in with yourself. On a scale of 1 to 10, How stressed are you? Is that stress helpful right now? Or would you like it to be different? You would, Or if you're just curious, Inviting you to join me in a grounding practice. Inviting you to notice your thoughts. Zooming out from the details of them. If your thoughts were water, What kind of water would they be? Rain falling hard or softly. Are still late. A frothing ocean. Something else entirely. And inviting you to see if it's okay to be with that for a moment. Now noticing your emotions and again zooming out from the details of them. Your emotions were a landscape, What kind of landscape would they be? Mountains and valleys. Gently rolling hills. A swamp or a plain. Something else, Perhaps? Is it possible to welcome in that landscape? Finally, Inviting you to bring your attention to your body and what it's feeling. If your body were a season, What kind of season would it be? From winter to spring, To summer to autumn. From monsoon season to dry season. Or any other season that feels right. Just taking a moment to notice that. Inviting you to bring your attention back to where you are. You may want to look around your surroundings. To round off, Check in with your stress level. Has that number changed? Wishing you a versatile day.