Life Skills Exercise for Living in the Present

The following exercise is a very useful tool to help you "get out of your head" and become more aware of what you're feeling. This exercise is a great way to get grounded and feel like you are in your skin, and experiencing or living life to the full, rather than racing through each day on automatic pilot! Many of my life-coaching clients have reported feeling a sense of calm, connectedness, peace, and the ability to relate more easily to significant people in their lives, when they practice this. It is such a simple thing to do - give it a try today.

Being present

This exercise is to practice staying present in any given situation. Throughout the day, start to spend time being present by focusing your senses. Stop doing whatever you’re doing, and think about what you’re hearing, what you’re seeing, what you’re smelling, what you’re feeling, what you’re tasting, what you’re touching etc. eg. I might be walking along the road and instead of being caught up in my thoughts, I will start focusing on my senses. So I start to really take in every detail of the trees around me, their different shades of green, their fresh minty smell, the touch of the ground underneath my feet, the tingling excitement in my stomach etc. I always come out of this feeling refreshed and clear. This exercise can be done anywhere and at any time.