This is a mindfulness practice that I created based off of my knowledge of sensory-based activities being helpful for regulating the nervous system. I am focusing on the sense of vision. I am also incorporating bilateral stimulation (moving eye vision stimulates two hemispheres of the brain) which helps the brain integrate information. It also happens to also to be very similar to a vagus nerve exercise, which I discovered when I was building my resources page. Here is a link if you want to try it ( https://youtube.com/shorts/84GwuLDwRjo?si=TcuTJ6cr9cZL-wZJ ). When you exercise the vagus nerve, you are helping your brain calm down naturally. That is simplified and I hope to provide resources on the Vagus Nerve that can elaborate on this very helpful topic soon. There is a mindfulness component of bringing in the breath and noticing how you feel, as well as time for writing afterwards. Finally, I also like the parallel of literally broadening you...
