Here is a video post reflecting on nature and yoga, and how they both help ground and calm us, which is so important during this Coronavirus health crisis.
Thank you to Oliver at In View Images for creating this video.
Find Some Calm Where You Can
Get Grounded In 3 Short Steps
What does it mean to get grounded? To me, getting grounded means pulling ourselves out of our “heads” (out of our stories), and into the present moment. To do this we can use our physical body and our senses to anchor into present-time awareness. When we are present to what is happening now, in our bodies and around us, we are no longer obsessing about future or past worries, and in this way we are grounding ourselves.
Whenever you are feeling mentally overstimulated or anxious, try these three short steps to feel more grounded:
- Pause and notice your environment. Simply take a look around and look at the details, e.g. see the colour of the walls or weather in the sky, what objects are around you, look at their shape and texture… Look around, what do you see?
- Feel you feet on the floor. Whether you are sitting or standing, shoes or no shoes, feel the connection of your feet to the surface below. Really feel that connection. If you are sitting you can also travel your awareness to noticing all the areas of your hips and legs making contact with your sitting surface.
- Then bring your focus inwards and feel your breath coming in and out of your body. Notice how your breath feels right now. Where in your body do your feel your breath moving…? Continue to concentrate on the sensations of your breath moving in and out of your body and see if, at the same time, you can return to noticing your feet connecting with the ground and your back body to your seat (if you are sitting). Divide your awareness on both these things for one minute.