Five Senses Meditation

Five Senses Meditation. When experiencing anxiety, stress, and overwhelm one of the most helpful things you can do is to connect with the here and now. Often anxiety and overwhelm can be a result of worrying about the future, thinking about the many things you have to do, and feeling helpless. The solution to this is to connect with the simplicity of the present moment. One way to do this is to practice a Five Senses Meditation. This helps you connect with reality instead of the imagined reality you're worrying about. In a five senses meditation you spend about one minute meditating on each sense: sight, touch, smell, taste, and hearing. After doing this you might find that one sense felt particularly good to sit with. Perhaps you’ll want to linger a bit longer on listening to the sounds around you, or just sitting and feeling the sensations in your body.