For Me, I wash My hands with lilac soap .It brings a calm to My soul. I also have a lilac diffuser, for when I feel memories drifting in... I smell the lilac, it returns Me to the here, and now...Also this wonderful Lilac Vegetal after shave lotion, can be ordered on-line,,, It's a lifesaver. Quite grounding.
We are all capable of getting stuck. aka/ frozen with fear. It's what I call My twenty minute plan. [It could be twenty minutes of prepping of what, You need to get done. Twenty minutes of what You enjoy doing. Then twenty minutes of the task~ Now an hour has passed, and You accomplished something. ]
Before You know it, You will be doing a twenty minute task, and forty minutes of what You enjoy. ( Push the dred, from Your head)
Another tool, to be in the here, and now.... Tap Your wrist ,and say to Yourself. " I'm safe, I am in a safe place". Or tap the palm of your hand, to demand Your being to become present. To be in the here, and now. Another tool I use a lot, are My head phones. They are program with two hours of My favorite music.~ They help Me find My center. I put them on I can follow through with a task. I can cook a meal, or run the vacuum. Or do something I enjoy. There are times I drive to the store, as soon as I set foot out of the car, I place them on. In order to be social. I make a mad dash through the store, with my list in hand. And what's good for the heart<3 Treat Yourself to sunflower seeds. Plant them, and care for them . And they will bring You joy. For Me it is art to take nothing, and turn it into something... that didn't exist before. If You can't paint, then bead .Make a sun catcher, for Your window. Treat Yourself with Love, You deserve it.
