Taking Root

Instructions for “Taking Root”:

1. Stop what you're doing and stand up.
2. Plant your feet firmly on the floor about hips width apart, and your weight evenly shared with each foot. Engage your core by pulling your tummy muscles in and up a little.
3. Bring your attention to the feeling of the soles of your feet on the floor beneath you.
4. Notice how the floor supports you, it takes the weight of you easily, and does not yield.  
5. Notice the feeling of gravity working on your body to hold it firmly onto the floor.
6. Feel the steady support offered by the floor, and gravity’s work upon it.
7. Carry on with your day, mindful that this security and support is always with you.

 
The ground beneath us, and the force of gravity holding us onto it, is always present. Bringing conscious awareness to these forces of support and steadiness can help calm and steady our often-scattered and stressed minds. 

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“Body and mind work together. When we put the mind at ease, the body can relax. When the body is still, the mind can settle. The health of both is improved.” – Jan Chozen Bays, MD

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