Five Senses Meditation
Whenever things feel off balance and out of your control, the five senses meditation can connect you immediately with the present moment, allowing you to feel grounded, no matter what’s going on around you.
Look - really look, around you and notice what you can see. Search for something that you don’t normally notice, like something tiny or something high. Notice colours, shapes and patterns.
Feel - Be aware of something that you can feel. Notice the texture, how rough or smooth, hard or soft, warm or cold something is.
Put your hands under running water.
Take a hot or cold shower.
Pop some bubble wrap.
Breathe - Breathe in a smell.
Scented flowers - roses, jasmine and lavender.
Herbs and spices.
A scented candle.
The smoke from an extinguished match.
Taste - Taste something
Bite into a lemon or lime.
Eat some cornflakes, crackers or crisps; something that has a distinct texture and makes a lot of noise.
Listen
Listen to music.
Read something out loud; a poem a song or something from a book.
Listen to someone else talk - on the radio or podcast.
Listen to nature - the birds are out singing.
Podcast
Run Talk Run has started their very own podcast. It has been created by our Tooting leader Josh Pewts with Jess every Wednesday. You can find it by searching ‘RunTalkRun’ on Apple, Spotify, and a few other podcast outlets.
You can listen to it while your doing your house hold chores or (like me) listen to it while your on your daily run and still feel like you are running with Run Talk Run, you may even find yourself laughing and having those who are out looking at you.
Stay Safe Gang
Rachel xx