Here's a quick grounding tool to help you shift the mind away from future past habit energy thinking and into presence allowing in presence always purifies the mind your consciousness So what we'll do is we will notice three things in three different sensory categories.
First,
We'll notice three things that we see.
Then three things that we hear.
And then three things that we feel.
Always go more than that you could go down to two and then one if you want to keep going further or you could just do it three three three and then you've got a little bit of a present moment reset.
So maybe we'll just try it quickly or I could give you an example and then we can do it together.
So first,
Notice three things that you see.
I see a lamp.
I see the wall.
I see my finger.
You might notice it's helpful not to really go searching too hard or to don't have to do it too quickly.
Just kind of wait until something.
Arises and you can say okay that's the thing one two three things that I see now three things that I hear this can take a little bit longer sometimes I can hear the heat sound.
Just heard a bird chirping outside.
I just heard my stomach slightly grumble.
So you can see their hearing might take a little longer.
No need to force it happening quickly.
It's actually kind of better.
When you're really slowing down and tuning into that sense and you just wait.
Until something arises,
Three things that you hear.
Now three things that you feel.
Feel a sensation in my fingertips.
Feel my feet on the floor.
I can sort of feel my butt in the chair.
Okay,
And by doing that,
I have interrupted the momentum of my thinking mind.
I've interrupted the momentum of my day so far,
And I've allowed for a possible little reset.
And re-beginning.
Of the day.
So it's certainly something you can do when you feel stressed or overwhelmed,
But you might.
Practice it when you feel fine.
Or just in in-between moments.
Sometimes it's harder to access these tools when you're in the midst of an overwhelmed or reactive feeling.
But if you're practicing them on a regular basis when things are fine,
You'll have more access to them in those moments when you need them.
So I encourage you to try it on your own.
Notice three things that you see.
Three things that you hear,
And then three things that you feel.
I'll leave you space to try it on your own after we're done here.
But then you can always,
If you want to keep going,
Then do it again.
Do two things that you see,
Two things that you hear,
Two things that you feel.
Maybe it's the same thing you noticed before,
Or maybe it's something different this time.
Then it could be one thing.
And just by doing that,
You are purifying the mind by allowing in what's here because otherwise the mind tends to ignore what's here.
For a moment,
You can let it in.
And then start again.
Notice three things.
