
Practice · grounding
5–4–3–2–1 grounding
When you have gone somewhere else and need to come back. A few minutes, anywhere.
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- Name five things you can see, out loud if you can.
- Four things you can physically feel — chair, floor, fabric, air.
- Three things you can hear.
- Two things you can smell.
- One thing you can taste.
It works because it makes your senses do the talking. The point is not to feel calm; it is to be here.








