This meditation technique is one of my own personal practices that is a technique to create space from swirling thoughts and drop a secure anchor in our body.

This meditation offers three areas of focus. First we acknowledge what we're feeling. Why? Well a healthy brain doesn't have a delete button. We can't simply forget what we're feeling. But we can acknowledge it for what it is - a thought, a feeling - not our entire being. Then we can even say thank you to our overactive mind for working so hard to keep us safe.

Next, we come back to our body and notice our real selves in this real moment with a little bit of space from the swirling thought. Then we engaged with the anchor of our body noticing what we're sitting on, the gravity that holds us to the Earth. We end the meditation with affirmations to introduce a new dynamic.

Finally as we exit the meditation we will engage with our surroundings from a new space of regulation and relaxation observing what we see when we open our eyes, what we smell, what we hear, and even what we taste.

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While meditation and movement practices are a wonderful tools to support mental wellbeing and can be therapeutic in nature those techniques and this audio recording are not a substitute for psychotherapy, clinical support, or crisis intervention. If you feel you need more support or professional, one-to-one guidance, know that help is always available.

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