- All right. We're gonna do something a little differ--
Well, everything's a little different when we do it.
So, what we'll do is we're gonna do physical touch.
Right? - Okay.
- Since we're talking about body and mind,
and how it relates to the mind.
So really quick, I want you to check-in
to see where your mind is,
right now.
And just use some words to describe where your mind is.
- My first one is, here.
- [Tracey] Here, okay.
- I feel present.
- [Tracey] Present. - Right now.
- [Tracey] I'm alert.
- I'm alert. - [Tracey] Alert.
I'm alert. - [Tracey] Very alert. Right.
Cause we're doing this segment and we're into it.
- [Kaitlyn] Right.
I do feel a little fuzzy, - [Tracey] Mhm.
- And I think it's because I'm hungry.
- [Tracey] Okay.
- I just felt my stomach growl.
- [Tracey] Okay. - So, that's something.
- All right.
- And then, it wouldn't be me if I wasn't always
a little bit overwhelmed.
- [Tracey] Right. (chuckles lightly)
- So, a little bit overwhelmed.
- So, what we're gonna do is,
hopefully we're checking into that
and we'll see where we are.
So, we have a little bit of lotion.
- Okay. - And it's scented lotion.
So, what we're gonna do,
I'll have you put in your hand, don't rub it in yet.
- Okay.
- So, first thing I want you to do is just to smell it.
Oh, you were about to, What were you about to do?
- I was about to like,
- [Tracey] You ready to go, huh?
- Yeah. (chuckling)
- So, just kind of cup your hands and smell it.
(sniffs lightly)
(Tracey exhales sharply)
Maybe close your eyes and really breathe into
what that smells like.
(gentle music)
It's eucalyptus.
- I feel like I'm at a spa.
- I don't know, I just feel intuitively more settled?
- I feel like it kind of slowed my
heart rate down a little bit.
- And just take a few moments just smelling in and out.
(gentle music continues)
Okay, now begin to rub it in.
What does it feel like?
Describe it to me.
- Squishy, soft, smooth.
- How do you know something is soft and smooth, though?
- Mm.
Because it's like gliding. - [Tracey] Uh huh.
- It's just gliding over my hands.
It's cool.
- [Tracey] Cool.
My hands are freezing.
Now really, in the next few moments,
just focus on...
Man, just your hands.
And using very descriptive words to describe what you feel.
Maybe slowing down a little bit.
Maybe checking into each finger.
Maybe touching hands and having them open
and feeling one hand at a time.
Kind of noticing how you can tell the difference
between when a hand is touching itself,
and when it's touching the other hand.
(Tracey exhales sharply)
Notice where your breathing is in this moment.
And just settling into a space
where your hand's comfortable,
and just settling there and not moving.
And just breathing and feeling.
Where's your mind now?
- Just, I feel like my mind is just focused
on the touch of my hands, honestly.
- [Tracey] Feel more settled.
- Yeah.
- More settled.
Less alert than what we were before.
- [Kaitlyn] Way more relaxed.
- Okay.
- I feel good, actually.
- [Tracey] Okay. - Yeah.
- [Tracey] You're feeling, right?
- And this smells delicious.
- [Tracey] Right.
- What a great choice. (giggles)
- So, you're doing things for your body,
and what's falling in line?
- My mind.
- [Tracey] Your mind.
Right?
We only did,
we just touched.
So, I would say out there for you and for everyone,
if all you have to do,
to stimulate that mind-body connection in a healthy way.
After you jump out the shower, hopefully you shower.
After you jump out the shower, lotion your body.
Not quickly.
Just for a few moments.
Not. - That's me.
- [Tracey] Just to get it done.
- I'm like next.
- [Tracey] Right? - Yeah.
- But maybe a few moments just to be.
- [Kaitlyn] Yeah. - Just be.
- Make it a ritual.
And just be.
Feel it.
That stimulation, that intimacy,
that connectedness is going to do a lot
for your mind, in your body.
(gentle music slowly fades)