These techniques can help bring you back into the present moment.
Movement:
- Gently sit on a rocking chair or yoga ball
- Dance!
- Sing loud and proud (in the car, in your private space)
- Yell and pound a pillow
- Go take a stick and hit a tree or the soil in the woods
- Bounce a ball against a wall
- Stomp your feet
- Do star jumps
- Run/ jog
Use Your Five Senses
touch
Put your hands in cold water. This is a clever way to divert your blood flow from your head to your hands.
smell
Smell something sharp smelling, like citrus, wood or mint (essential oils, soup, scent, candle, herbs)
sight
Focus on the colour of the sky and the shape of the clouds
sound
Listen to lively music (remember what you find stimulating, may be calm, uptempo or loud music)
taste
Drink something cold or chew ice( safely) or bite into a lemon/lime.
