- You ready for our mindfulness moment?
- I am.
- Our mindfulness moment people is when we
really take a skill, something to do as a part of
our healthy state of mine series
to give you to do that helps.
So today we're gonna do something called
sweet memory with grounding.
Grounding is really just being aware of the present moment
of your body in this space to pull you back.
So when we ruminate we're kind of going all off
and everywhere else.
So it helps you really connect with the here and now.
- Okay.
- And then the sweet memory exercise is just having you
think about a good memory.
So be thinking about a good memory that's not difficult.
It could be a graduation, birth of a baby.
Anything, a wedding,
anything that is a good memory that you have
a good memory of and will do it okay.
- Okay, I'm ready.
So how we get into a meditation moment
is uncrossing your legs and just getting comfortable.
You can close your eyes if you want to.
If you're not comfortable doing that,
just look down at the floor, find something,
a spot on the wall.
And what you're gonna do is just take a few deep breaths in
and out, maybe three.
Inhaling and exhaling, feeling the breath.
Feel your body as you inhale and leaving it as you exhale.
And after your three breaths just breathing normally.
And then thinking about areas of your body
that make contact,
where your body is touching something else
perhaps your feet inside your shoes,
noting what that feels like silently in your head.
How your feet feel on the floor.
Your body seated in the chair,
your hands crossed or on your lap,
maybe even pinpointing where you can feel fabric
of your clothing against your skin.
And how you can tell what type of fabric it is
without seeing it.
If it's jean material, how do you know it's jean?
Because in your mind you can describe it, you can feel it.
And in the next few moments
just bringing up into your awareness a sweet sweet memory.
Something that you can latch onto that's as good
as it can be, uncomplicated.
And bringing yourself to this place.
You're you there and then,
you're not an onlooker, you're not watching, you're you.
Look around.
When was this, where was this?
Who was there with you?
Note what you had on.
How old were you?
Is it inside or outside?
And what were you doing?
And as you replay this memory in your mind,
bring about all of those feelings
and thoughts that are sweet
and let them fill your body up from head to toe.
Perhaps you can feel what it was like there.
As you replay this memory grab on to what's there
and letting the memory go and bringing back those feelings
and sensations and thoughts to the present.
Letting them carry you through
and manage those anxious thoughts.
Fill your body up, the here and now.
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And as you let those sensations, those feelings,
those thoughts fill you up,
silently thank yourself for balance,
for grace, for challenge,
and for even doing this practice.
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And when you're ready you can open your eyes.
- Okay, really good.
- So that's just a little something to carry things forward.
A lot of times in anxiety, no matter what kind of anxiety,
how strong your thoughts are,
it's been a while since you felt good.
So just bringing that good back to present
and being in the present with it may help from this to this.
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