Self-Care Practices

Five-Sound Identification

Mindful Leisure & Tactile Hobbies

5 Minutes

Sitting quietly and identifying five distinct sounds in your immediate environment to ground your awareness.

1. Sit comfortably wherever you are and close your eyes gently.

2. Take two slow, deep breaths to quiet your own movement.

3. Listen intently to the closest, most obvious sound around you.

4. Shift your focus outward to detect fainter or more distant noises.

5. Count off five distinctly separate sounds internally before opening your eyes.