One of our favourite elements of our new WorryTree release are the Sensory Practices which we’ve recently added, with the help of our wonderful coach, Sally Hardie.
Sensory practices are all about taking us out of our heads and into our bodies. For those of us who worry and ruminate a lot, we tend to spend a lot of time inside our heads trying to think through problems and worry about them. We often get stuck in a thought loop and it can be hard to break but that’s where these practices work really well.
It’s those of us who ruminate a lot who are likely to benefit the most from regularly using sensory practices. These practices give us the opportunity to focus on a particular sense - whether that’s our sight, hearing, touch or taste. If we focus for just a few minutes on these senses, this in turn has been shown to calm us down quickly and effectively.
But don’t just take it from us, here’s Sally talking about how our new Sensory Practices help us:
We’ve shared four new sensory practices in our new version of WorryTree (and you can download that here) but if you’d like to try one in the meantime, here’s Sally’s lovely exercise practicing with sensory focus. This one is particularly great for giving us a sense of perspective in an anxious moment.
If you’d like to try one of our other Sensory Practices then make sure you have downloaded or updated WorryTree to the latest version!
And if you’d like to find out more about Sally’s other work, including her amazing free short course ‘How to Stop People Pleasing’ you can do that here!