Calm Your Five Senses

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• Mindfulness Excerise: Clam Your Five Senses

• Our Gift To You: Free Grounding Techniques Poster…

• Yogapedia: Firefly Pose…

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TODAY'S LEARNING
Minfulness Excerise: The Five Senses

This exercise is called “five senses,” and provides guidelines on practicing mindfulness quickly in nearly any situation. To begin, simply acknowledge what you are feeling through all five of your senses.

Follow this order to practice the Five Senses:

Notice five things that you can see.

Take a look around you and focus on five objects that are visible. Pick something that you don’t normally notice, like a shadow or a small crack in the concrete.

Notice four things that you can feel.

Focus your attention on four sensations that you are experiencing right now, such as the feel of your pants, the breeze across your skin, or the smooth surface of a table that you are laying your hands on.

Notice three things you can hear.

While you listen for a moment, make a note of three background noises. This might be the sound of a bird chirping, the refrigerator humming, or the distant sounds of passing cars on a nearby road.

Notice two things you can smell.

Pay attention to odors that you typically ignore, regardless of how nice or bad they smell. If you're outside, maybe the breeze is carrying the scent of pine trees, or maybe it's the fast-food establishment across the street.

Notice one thing you can taste.

Focus on one thing that you can taste right now, at this moment. You can taste something by eating, chewing gum, sipping a drink, or simply opening your mouth to detect tastes in the surrounding air.

This is a quick and relatively easy exercise to bring you to a mindful state quickly.

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About: Mindfulness is the practice of being present and fully engaged in the current moment without judgment. It involves paying attention to your thoughts, feelings, and surroundings with intentionality and curiosity. Research has shown that mindfulness can have numerous benefits for mental and physical health, including reduced stress and anxiety, improved focus and attention, and increased emotional regulation.

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TODAY'S POSITIVE NEWS

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ZEN STORY
Soldiers of Humanity

Once a division of the Japanese army was engaged in a sham battle, and some of the officers found it necessary to make their headquarters in Gasan’s temple. Gasan told his cook: “Let the officers have only the same simple fare we eat.” This made the army men angry, as they were used to very deferential treatment. One came to Gasan and said: “Who do you think we are? We are soldiers, sacrificing our lives for our country. Why don’t you treat us accordingly?”

Gasan answered sternly: “Who do you think we are? We are soldiers of humanity, aiming to save all sentient beings.”

OUR GIFT TO YOU

Every now and then we will be giving away free digital goods to our community. In order for you to see our digital gifts, make sure that you place our emails into your primary folder. Our goal is to give away something awesome at least once a week!

Today you get our Grounding Techniques Poster. Grounding Techniques are a great therapeutic tool to help regain control of overwhelming feelings. This handy one page cheat sheet comes with a range of grounding techniques that are beneficial in the treatment of anxiety, PTSD, panic disorders, trauma, or grief.

The poster includes a different grounding exercise that provides immediate calming relief when facing negative thoughts or emotions. This unique set includes five different categories of grounding exercises, including: physical sensory, visualization, distraction, naming categories, and present awareness.

To download please click on the button below called “Download”.

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YOGAPEDIA
Firefly Pose (Tittibhasana)

What is Firefly Pose?

Firefly pose, or tittibhasana in Sanskrit, is an arm balance that requires flexibility, strength and focus. Similar to shoulder pressing pose, the yogi balances on the hands, but extends the legs to the sides.

Instructions

• Begin in a squat with the feet wide.

• Lift the hips and thread the arms between and behind the legs. Place the palms on the floor behind the heels.

• Lower the hips and shift the body weight back.

• Inhale and lift the heels from the floor. Extend the legs to the sides.

• Breathe while holding the pose.

• Exhale and release the feet to the floor.

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