Grounding | The 5-Senses Walk: 12-Minute Mindfulness Practice for the Present Moment

Thank you for listening! If you enjoy this, please explore our other shows: OLDPodcast.com And join our free weekly newsletter to get a 200+ page workbook PDF to optimize your life (and the opportunity to get a beautiful hardcover version shipped to you absolutely free!): OLDPodcast.com/newsletter Some days your thoughts loop faster than your feet. This 12-minute walking meditation guides you through your five senses one at a time, trading the story in your head for what is actually here: the light, the sound, the air on your skin. It is mindfulness in its plainest and most useful form. Safety note: Keep your eyes open and stay aware of your surroundings. Your safety always comes first. Follow the audio only as far as it's safe to do so. What you'll explore: A step-by-step sensory scan of whatever happens to be around you right now. How ordinary details become a reliable exit from a thinking loop. The relief of noticing something without needing to interpret it. How to get the most out of this walk: Choose a route with some variety so there is plenty for your senses to land on. Note what you find and keep moving; the goal is contact, not analysis. Step Into Calm is a daily walking meditation podcast where each episode is a short guided meditation to help you build mindfulness, ease stress, and find calm, clarity, and focus in just 10 to 15 minutes a day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices