Gremlin Grounding

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Mindfulness activities and practices designed to ground, center, and bring awareness to the present moment

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Mindfulness Practice: Staying With Yourself

Let your body settle into whatever support it has right nowa chair, the floor, a blanket wrapped around your knees.Let yourself be held by gravity for a while. You don’t have to fix your breath or posture.Just be here with yourself. Let’s shift our attention to the breathnot to change it, but to stay with it.InhaleExhaleEach breath an anchor.A reminder that you’re still here,still breathing, still allowed to take […]

After the Heat Breaks

(~10 min) A seasonal sensory-grounded meditation for summer storm days Let’s begin by settling in.You don’t need to be calm already, just here.Maybe today you’re showing up with a heat-heavy body, or a tired mind.That’s okay.Let this be a space to notice without needing to change anything yet. Start with your breath, but don’t try to deepen it right away.Just track itlike watching steam rise in summer air.InhaleExhale Now […]

Let It Be Real, Let It Be Yours

7-Minute Mindfulness: Let It Be Real, Let It Be Yours Let’s pause right here, right now.Not to fix anything. Not to prove anything.Just to be with what’s here. Start by noticing your breathnot changing it. Just feeling it.You’re still breathing. That matters more than you think.Let the air come in. Let it leave.Nothing to force. Just witness. Notice your bodywhatever shape it’s in today.You don’t owe gracefulness.You don’t owe […]

A Pause to Be With Yourself

7-Minute Mindfulness: A Pause to Be With Yourself If you haven’t already, just get a little more comfortablewhatever that means right now.No big shifts. Just something small.A little more breath. A little less tension in the shoulders. We’re not trying to become peaceful or enlightened right now.We’re just giving ourselves a break from all the trying. Let your body be here.Let your breath do what it does.You don’t have […]

Mindfulness Script: “Returning to Time”

Feel yourself just being herenot just physically, but fully.In this body, in this moment.There’s need to rush, or force anything.Just… allow. Begin by noticing your breathing.Not changing it, just witnessing it.The inhale as it enters…The exhale as it moves out… Let yourself feel in the rhythm of that breath.The natural ebb and flow.Like waves, or a pulse.Like time, folding and unfolding itself in you. You don’t have to make […]

Guided Mindfulness Practice: “Noticing What’s True”

Let’s take just a little moment together. You don’t need to push anything away.You don’t have to force yourself to calm down.This isn’t about clearing your mind or getting it “right.”It’s just about noticing what’s already here… and letting it be. You can close your eyes or lower your gazejust something that helps you turn the volume down on the outside.Or not. You know what feels safe. Trust that. […]

Dreaming Awake: A Mindful Summer Night

🌙 Dreaming Awake: A Mindful Summer Night You don’t have to close your eyes unless you want to.Just take a moment.Let yourself pause. Not perfectly. Just… enough.Enough to notice that you’re here.Enough to let this moment catch up with you. If your body’s tired, let it rest.If it’s holding tension, that’s okay too.You don’t have to fix it.Just meet yourself where you are. Take a breath in…and then out.Nothing […]

Naming the Now

Mindfulness Activity: Naming the Now(Total time: ~5–7 minutes) I want to invite us into a moment of mindfulnessnot to clear our minds, or push anything awaybut to notice what’s already here. We’re not trying to change it, solve it, or judge it.Just notice. Just name. Just hold it softly for a moment. Start by taking a slow breathjust one.Let it be enough. Now, bring your awareness to your body,and […]

Arriving Fully, Gently

Mindfulness: “Arriving Fully, Gently”(~7–8 min) You don’t need to close your eyes unless you want tobut if it feels right, soften your gaze, or look away from the screen for a bit. Let your body arrive.However it is.Whether you’re in your office, your bedroom, your carjust… notice where you are.Let the world pause for a moment. Let your hands rest.Let your jaw unclench.Let your shoulders drop just a little […]

Just for Now

Mindfulness Moment – “Just for Now” If you feel comfortable, go ahead and close your eyes.Let your body rest however it is—nothing to fix or force.Just… allow. Take a slow breath in through your nose…and exhale through your mouth.Again.Inhale gently…and exhale fully, letting a little tension go with the breath.One more time, slower this time…breathe in…and out. Let yourself arrive.Not just your body, but your awareness. You don’t need […]

This Moment is Yours

Mindfulness Practice: “This Moment is Yours” Hi everyone.We’re going to take a few minutes just to be here.Not perfectly.Not performatively.Just present.Whatever that means for you today. You can close your eyes if that feels safe.Or just lower your gaze, blur the screen, or focus on something that doesn’t ask for much.There’s no right way to show up here.There’s just your way. Start by noticing:Are you holding your breath?Clenching something?Trying […]

Being With What’s Here

MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY (Misty Gremlin Edition): “Being With What’s Here”(5–7 min. No fix, no force. Just space.) Let’s take a few minutes to arrive.You don’t have to do anything right now.You’re not behind.You’re not late.You’re already here. If it feels okay, let your eyes closeor just rest them somewhere soft.Maybe notice your body.Not to change it—just to say, hey, I see you.Feet. Seat. Hands. Breath.Let yourself land, gently. There’s nothing […]

Being With What Is

Guided Mindfulness: Being With What Is (Even When It’s Not What We Wanted)~7 minutes 1. Opening – Anchoring Into Presence Take a moment to settle into this spacewhatever “settling” means to you right now. You don’t need to fix anything.You don’t have to get calm, or feel better,or perform any particular version of “being present.”You are already here. And that is enough. Let your body find some stillnessor gentle […]

Arriving as You Are

Arriving as You AreDuration: 5–7 minutes [Opening – 1 min] Hey everyone. Before we dive into the work part of our day, we’re going to take a few minutes to just arrive. Not as the version of us who has everything figured out, or who’s trying to keep it all together—but just as we are right now. You don’t need to turn your camera off or on. You don’t […]

Grounding & Happy Place Meditation

Hi everyone.Let’s take a few minutes just to land.Nothing complicatedjust you, your breath, and a little more space than you had a moment ago. If you’re comfortable, let your eyes close.Or soften your gaze somewhere steady. Start by noticing the ground beneath youyour feet, your seat, whatever’s supporting you.Let it hold your weight.You don’t have to hold yourself up right now.The earth is already doing that. Now gently bring […]

What Is Here Now

Mindfulness Practice: “What Is Here Now”(Approx. 5–6 min) Focus: Observe, Describe, Participate Let’s begin by getting comfortable in your seat.Feet planted if possible, or wherever they naturally rest.Hands relaxed.Back soft but supported. Take a breath in…and let it go slowly.Let yourself arrive in this moment. Now we’ll begin with Observing.Notice your breath.Feel it come in through your nose…and out through your mouth.Just watch it.No need to control it.Be the […]

Naming & Validating Emotions

Mindfulness Practice: Naming & Validating Emotions (7 mins) Let’s take a moment just to pause together.To let the pace of things soften.You don’t need to be anywhere else right now.Just here.Just in this moment, with yourself, and with this group. Go ahead and find whatever position helps you settle.Eyes open or closed—whatever feels right.Maybe let your shoulders drop a little.Maybe let your hands rest wherever they naturally want to. […]