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Happiness Break: How to Ground Yourself, with Yuria Celidwen
Happiness Break: How to Ground Yourself, with Yuria Celidwen
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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Jul 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Connect to yourself and the land you stand on in under 10 minutes with this grounding practice led by Indigenous scholar Dr. Yuria Celidwen.
How to Do This Practice:
If possible, go outside and find some natural ground, like grass or dirt. If you're wearing shoes or socks, take them off and place the soles of your feet directly on the ground.
Bring your attention to the earth beneath you. Allow it to hold you, paying attention to how it feels — soft, firm, reliable. Imagine you're starting to grow roots from the tip of your toes, digging deep into the earth.
Visualize energy and wellness flowing through your roots to your toes, into the soles of your feet, your thighs and knees, then base of the spine and upwards into your chest, expanding the whole center of your chest. Take a full, deep breath and contemplate the openness you feel in your chest.
Look up towards the sky and open your eyes, allowing all of your senses to awaken to the sounds, smells, colors, and life around you. Feel their presence.
Today’s Happiness Break host:
Dr. Yuria Celidwen is an Indigenous studies, cultural psychology, and contemplative science scholar of Indigenous Nahua and Maya descent. She also works at the United Nations to advance the rights of Indigenous peoples and the Earth.
Learn more about Dr. Celidwen’s work: https://www.yuriacelidwen.com/
More resources from UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center:
Listen to Dr. Yuria Celidwen on The Science of Happiness episode about listening to your elders: https://tinyurl.com/yr2ydk43
Does Nature Make You More Mindful? https://tinyurl.com/4wcreu9z
Why You Need More Nature in Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/ye282e5d
Being Around Nature Helps You Love Your Body: https://tinyurl.com/57d5ntxm
How Modern Life Became Disconnected From Nature: https://tinyurl.com/yc6u73f9
Listen to The Science of Happiness episode featuring podcast host Krista Tippett, on Being Grounded in Your Body: https://tinyurl.com/8t7rr4yy
Tell us how connecting to the earth beneath you made you feel by emailing us at happinesspod@berkeley.edu or using the hashtag #happinesspod.
Find us on Amazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/28hcdfsd
Help us share Happiness Break!
Leave us a 5-star review and copy and share this link: pod.link/1340505607
How to Do This Practice:
If possible, go outside and find some natural ground, like grass or dirt. If you're wearing shoes or socks, take them off and place the soles of your feet directly on the ground.
Bring your attention to the earth beneath you. Allow it to hold you, paying attention to how it feels — soft, firm, reliable. Imagine you're starting to grow roots from the tip of your toes, digging deep into the earth.
Visualize energy and wellness flowing through your roots to your toes, into the soles of your feet, your thighs and knees, then base of the spine and upwards into your chest, expanding the whole center of your chest. Take a full, deep breath and contemplate the openness you feel in your chest.
Look up towards the sky and open your eyes, allowing all of your senses to awaken to the sounds, smells, colors, and life around you. Feel their presence.
Today’s Happiness Break host:
Dr. Yuria Celidwen is an Indigenous studies, cultural psychology, and contemplative science scholar of Indigenous Nahua and Maya descent. She also works at the United Nations to advance the rights of Indigenous peoples and the Earth.
Learn more about Dr. Celidwen’s work: https://www.yuriacelidwen.com/
More resources from UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center:
Listen to Dr. Yuria Celidwen on The Science of Happiness episode about listening to your elders: https://tinyurl.com/yr2ydk43
Does Nature Make You More Mindful? https://tinyurl.com/4wcreu9z
Why You Need More Nature in Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/ye282e5d
Being Around Nature Helps You Love Your Body: https://tinyurl.com/57d5ntxm
How Modern Life Became Disconnected From Nature: https://tinyurl.com/yc6u73f9
Listen to The Science of Happiness episode featuring podcast host Krista Tippett, on Being Grounded in Your Body: https://tinyurl.com/8t7rr4yy
Tell us how connecting to the earth beneath you made you feel by emailing us at happinesspod@berkeley.edu or using the hashtag #happinesspod.
Find us on Amazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/28hcdfsd
Help us share Happiness Break!
Leave us a 5-star review and copy and share this link: pod.link/1340505607
Released:
Jul 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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