Hi,
Today was difficult.

I was totally overwhelmed with the a million students and their needs.

I kind of shut them out of my mind when one group was leaving class and the other one was entering.
I pretended to be engaged while blocking them out of my awareness.

I did consciously became aware of my feet on the floor and my hands on my lap. I payed attention to my breathing.
I tired to feel the temperature in the room and make note of it. And so on. I keep thinking about my feet and my breathing.

Then for a moment amongst the chaos of kids coming into the room, I sort of zoned out. I was moving toward a hypnotic state for a few seconds. I relaxed myself.

So maybe this was not called "grounding." Maybe it was "relaxation." But I started the exercise by being hyper aware of my feet and my surrounds.


At rate, it helped.
I slowed my heart rate down and picked back up with the new class.


I could make my life easier and richer if I could get to sleep.
I'm going to find a way.

M.