Grounding techniques help us to connect with the present moment by focusing on our senses. Some
common grounding techniques include:
Pay attention to your surroundings: Notice the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures around you.
Focus on your breath: Pay attention to the feeling of your breath as it enters and leaves your body.
Feel your feet on the ground: Notice the weight of your feet on the ground.
As Ram Dass says, if we can learn to “be here now,” this technique can help reduce depression and anxiety, thought to be about the past and future respectively.