- This exercise allows us to ground ourselves in the present moment, and it can be helpful for coping with anxiety or panic as well. It can be done anywhere, at any time!
- Invite participants to take a moment to be still, take a deep breath, and then silently name the following:
- Five things you can see.
- Four things you can touch.
- Three things you can hear.
- Two things you can smell.
- One thing you can taste.
- Invite folks to take three deep breaths before gently inviting them back to the space and wrapping up. If you have time, you can ask folks to share one word for how that exercise made them feel.
- Accessibility Note: Be mindful of the varying abilities your group might have as it relates to the five senses. Invite folks to skip any sense that does not work for them, and invite them instead to spend more time on a sense that does.