The Mindful Molly Podcast

Invite in some nature visualization to your Mindfulness practice.  

This is a great way to introduce Self-Compassion into your life! 

From Resma Menakem's book,  My Grandmother's Hands, here's a practice for offering support to yourself while learning to touch your discomfort gently. I encourage you to practice this daily.
*Please stop this practice if it elicits extreme panic or a fight, flight or freeze response. 

A simple and beautiful practice to aid in settling your body and nervous system. 

This practice, taken directly from Resmaa Menakem's book My Grandmother's Hands, involves noticing how our bodies respond to feelings of safety and trust, juxtaposing them with feelings of unsafeness and mistrust. One major avenue towards healing is being able to stay with our bodies' sensations, learning to discern what we need to do next, and either settling or mobilizing our bodies based on each situation. This practice helps us discern what we are sensing within. 

Taken directly from Resmaa Menakem's book My Grandmother's Hands, this practice of sensing trust and danger in our bodies is extremely helpful in building our awareness of how we navigate the world around us.  

Here is a simple grounding and orienting practice taken directly from Resmaa Menakem's book My Grandmother's Hands. 

Take some time to travel your awareness throughout your body, noticing with kindness and curiosity some sensations along the way. 

Intentionally recalling a memory that inspires feelings of goodness and practicing soaking those feelings in can help us find the good in life, no matter where we are at. 

Bring your attention into the present moment by noticing any or all of your 5 senses.