4 Steps to Finding Calm ~ the Focusing way:
PAUSE
Start by getting grounded. Be aware of your feet … your seat on the chair … your breathing. Try saying the words “ I am here.”
2. SENSE
Connect with your inner body by sensing how your throat feels, chest, stomach. Notice if anything within feels uncomfortable.
3. ACKNOWLEDGE
Try saying to the feeling in your body “Hello, I know you’re there.” This is the powerful step of turning toward how you are feeling.
4. ARTICULATE
Now see how different it feels to say, “Something in me feels … (whatever you have noticed within)”. Notice how that changes your relationship to what you feel.
