grounding yourself

Chaos can be beautiful! And I’m embracing it.

But it can be hard to embrace chaos when we’re feeling scattered, lost, confused, stressed.

And so I practice helping myself to feel grounded.

When we ground ourselves, we can feel a sense of calmness & relaxation with whatever is happening. It’s a “relaxing with what is” from a place of “I’m OK, I got this.

It takes some practice but you can do it.
Here’s how I do it:

• Pause. Notice how I’m feeling. Not the thoughts, but the bodily sensations of groundlessness and chaos. Perhaps sensations of frustration, scatteredness, anxiety or fear.

• Breathe deeply into my belly. Deep, wide breaths that allow me to feel spaciousness.

• Relax. Let my muscles relax as I breathe deeply. Let myself rest in the groundlessness.

• Find some way to connect to the world around me: to feel gratitude for this moment, to feel appreciation for the storm, to feel my connection to other people, to feel a love for the world just as it is. In this way, I can feel less like a vessel tossed about in stormy waters … and more a part of the ocean itself.

• Gratitude. Feeling grateful to be alive, to be connected, to be able to behold this breathtaking world. Let myself feel wonder at reality in front of me.

• Ask myself: What would serve? What do I want? What would be of benefit to others? And then choosing to take action from that.

Namaste
xo