FIRST STEPS
If you are feeling triggered, stressed or overwhelmed, this mindfulness practice may help. Using mindful noticing, the practice invites us to explore which of the 5 senses brings a sense of steadiness when things are choppy.
Only do as much as feels OK for you. Please stop at any time: this is an act of self-kindness. Pushing through difficulty can be unkind to the part of us that is feeling vulnerable
If you have questions you may want to attend a Zoom Q and A session.
Guided Audio Practices
Sounds as a Steadying Anchor
Touch as a Steadying Anchor
Sight as a Steadying Anchor
Hands as a Steading Anchor
Breath as a Steadying Anchor
Step 2 – Sounds as an Anchor
Step 2 – Touch as an Anchor
Step 2 – Sight as an Anchor
Step 2 – Hands as an Anchor
Step 2 – Breath as an Anchor
Choosing a Steadying Anchor
Guided Video Practices
Finding an Anchor
Teaching Videos
Inspirational Poem
Start Close In
David Whyte
Start close in,
don’t take the second step
or the third,
start with the first
thing
close in,
the step
you don’t want to take.
Start with
the ground
you know,
the pale ground
beneath your feet,
your own
way of starting
the conversation.
Start with your own
question,
give up on other
people’s questions,
don’t let them
smother something
simple.
To find
another’s voice,
follow
your own voice,
wait until
that voice
becomes a
private ear
listening
to another.
Start right now
take a small step
you can call your own
don’t follow
someone else’s
heroics, be humble
and focused,
start close in,
don’t mistake
that other
for your own.
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