A Moment of Mindfulness

Being mindful, totally aware of the present moment includes feeling into the physical space you take up in the world.

• Right now, stretch your arms and legs, really experiencing the lengthening of your muscles.

• Clench your hands into fists and then release them. Clench and release. Clench and release.

• Tighten your feet into balls and release. Wriggle your fingers and toes.

• Gently move your head clockwise and then counterclockwise, drawing a circle with your nose.

• Raise your shoulders up to your ears and then drop, drop, drop. Move slowly, deliberately and notice all the physical sensations as you move.

Really look at your hands and observe how they connect to your arms, your arms to your torso, and so on through your body.

We spend so much time in our heads, thinking, anxious, busy, before falling into bed each night that we forget what a marvel the human body is. 

Taking a moment to focus on the experience of being in the body, physically anchors you into self-awareness in the present moment.