Hi there,
My name is Lori James.
I am author of a book titled Sandwiched and I'm a transformative coach helping women transform through transition.
I'm here to walk you through a quick short meditation called the five senses.
I'm just going to tap into the five senses to just bring ourselves back out of our minds and back into our bodies.
So take a moment and get comfortable.
Maybe find a comfortable place to sit on your couch or on your bed.
Maybe you want to lie down,
Sit on a meditation cushion,
Whatever is most comfortable for you.
So we're just going to start with taking a couple deep breaths in and out.
Maybe even put your hand on your belly and so you can feel it rising and falling.
And when you're ready,
I just would like for you to just look around the room and notice five things that you see.
You can say them out loud to yourself or you can say them out loud or you can say them to yourself,
Whichever you're more comfortable with.
So maybe it's the picture on the wall that you see,
Maybe it's the books on the bookshelf,
The pillows on your bed or your couch,
Whatever it is that you see,
You see and just notice what you notice.
Take your time,
There's no rush.
When you're done,
Go ahead and take another deep breath in,
Let it out.
Feel the rise and falling of your breath and your belly.
Now either with your eyes open or closed,
Feel for things.
Right now I feel my hands resting on my knees.
I notice my sit bones sitting on my meditation cushion.
I notice my legs crossed as they touch each other.
So notice a little tightness in my left hip.
There's no right or wrong,
You will most likely feel something very different to me and that's okay.
Now just take a moment and take another deep breath in and exhale out and just see if there's three things that you can hear.
I hear my dog shaking as he's getting up.
I notice the dryer,
It's drying my clothes and my clothes rotating around in the drum.
And I hear a car driving by right now.
Again,
You will most likely hear very different things.
When you're done,
Just pause for a moment and take a deep breath in and deep breath out.
One more time.
Then we're going to go to two things that we might smell.
I smell my dog who just walked in and I smell the candle that's burning behind me.
Two very different smells.
And again,
Just take a moment to breathe in and out and feel the rise and falling of your belly as you breathe.
And lastly,
We're going to focus on our taste buds.
What's one thing that you taste?
Could be the coffee that you drank this morning or maybe a snack that you had or maybe you still taste a little bit of your lunch or dinner.
There's no right or wrong.
Just notice.
And when you're done identifying that taste,
Bring it back to the breath.
Just breathe in and out.
And notice if you feel any different now than you did when you began this meditation.
If you're like me,
You might be a little bit more grounded in your body and out of your head.
Thank you for joining me today and I hope you decide to follow me.
