Traveling alert but needing a place to land.
Grounding Sequence — “Return to Now”
Pause the movie. Don’t fix the thought, just notice you’ve jumped ahead. Quietly say, “That’s tomorrow.”
Anchor through five senses. See: one color that dominates your surroundings.
Hear: one sound closest to your body (your breath, jacket rustle).
Touch: one texture under your hand.
Smell: one scent in the air. Taste: let the tongue rest; notice neutral space.
Breath mark. Inhale for a count of 4, exhale for 6. Two or three cycles. Think: “This is the breath I’m in.”
Body check. Feel the weight in your seat, your feet’s pressure, your heartbeat’s tempo. Nothing to change—just register it. Close with a phrase. Whisper or think: “Here is enough.”
Use it anytime the mind races forward; it doesn’t cancel thought, it re-grounds awareness in the physical.
WE&P by: EZorrillaMc&Co
