Grounding skills occur within two specific approaches Sensory Awareness and Cognitive Awareness 1 Sensory Awareness Grounding Exercise #1 Begin by tracing your hand on a piece of paper and label each finger as one of the five senses Then take each finger and identify something special and safe representing each of those five senses For Below I outlined our 5 senses technique for grounding Even better, it works for anyone feeling overwhelmed or anxious, no matter the age!5, 4, 3, 2, 1 GROUNDING EXERCISE HOW TO DO IT This technique will take you through your five senses to help remind you of the present This is a calming technique that can help you get through tough or stressful situations Take a deep belly breath to begin 5 LOOK Look around for 5 things that you can see, and say them out loud For example, you could say, I see the computer, I see Five senses grounding exercise