Meet the Now

What do you physically feel?
First, have your notebook ready and do the grounding exercise .
Practise naming your physical sensations to yourself. Compare what you notice before and after movement.
Stand in the room and close your eyes.
Feel your breath and follow it up and down through your body.
Become aware of the literal sensations in your body.
Name three concrete sensations inwardly, without explaining them.
Open your eyes. Jump up and down for thirty seconds. If jumping is uncomfortable, step gently in place for thirty seconds.
Stand still and close your eyes.
Feel your breath and follow it up and down through your body.
Become aware of your literal bodily sensations.
Ask yourself: what has changed in how I experience my body now?
Name three concrete sensations again. Which stayed the same and which changed?