> Take a few minutes today to sit in silence and tune in to your 5 senses. 

> This is called GROUNDING and enables you to drop into the NOW and switches you out of your THINKING mind and into your SENSING mind.

> The Thinking mind is where anxiety, comparison, judgement, overanalysing, negative self talk, procrastination and worry exist.

​> The Sensing mind is where you truly EXPERIENCE life in the “flow” of whatever it is you are doing - via your 5 senses.

For example:
Sit for 5 minutes and firstly tune into your sense of sight. Look around your environment as if viewing things for the very first time and drink in whatever you can see. Notice the colours, shapes, sizes, movement, spaces, edges etc of whatever it is you're looking at.

You may wish to close your eyes for the next four senses to really dial up your awareness of them. Next shift your attention to notice any tastes that may be present. It can be helpful to lick your lips and swallow here. Perhaps you can recognise a taste from a previous meal. You may not register any taste and that is fine too - just allow your attention to dwell on your sense of taste for a moment.

Moving next to your sense of sound and allow sounds that are being created both near and far to land on your ears. Whatever sound most calls your attention drift there and simply notice. 

On to smell now and inhale through your nose and observe whatever your nose is able to detect. Some smells may be familiar, some foreign - either way allow smell to be the focus here.

Finally tune in to your sense of touch. Notice where your body makes contact with the surface below you. Become aware of the sensations where your body meets the chair or the floor. Then notice where your body makes contact with other surfaces like clothing, jewellery etc. Can you feel the hair on your head or the air on your exposed skin? What does this feel like?

Sit with this present moment awareness of your experience for a minute. 

Congrats! You just completed your first grounding practice.