Hi, I'm Eula Lys Dunkin and this is a guided recorded practice on finding micro-moments of safety in your daily life. I like to call these glimmers. A glimmer is anything that you notice, with any of your senses that are available to you, that signals to you in the present moment. Something is okay enough. It doesn’t have have to be great, it definitely doesn't have to be perfect, but it’s something that gives you a hint of a glimmer, a hint of a sense of safety.

Some examples. In this moment, I'm sitting in my office and I'm looking at a plant that's on the desk in front of me, Looking at that plans gives me a little sip of safety because I like the plant. I like the way its naves look. I like the way its bluing reaching toward the sun, and it helps me feel a little bit of soothing in this moment. Another example could be a pet. My dog is in my office right now too. Looking at my dog certainly brings me lots of glimmers and helps me feel connected and safer in this moment. Other examples could be smells, tactile sensation, something you're touching like a blanket or a pillow. It could also be something you hear, something you taste. Maybe it's a soothing sip of tea.

I'm going to be guiding you through a really brief practice where we're gonna find a glimmer marinated, immerse in it, and then notice how that shifts our nervous system. I'm going to be choosing one glimmer for this practice. So feel free and do this multiple times throughout the day. And also feel free to listen through this practice before doing it so that you can get a sense of what it's like if you've never done it before.

Let's take a moment and find a cozy space. This could be a favorite room, a place outside in nature. But choose a space that's got some comfort items in it where you feel soothed. I want you to go ahead. Think of any senses available to you in this moment And choose one thing in your environment that you can sense. That feels like a sip of safety. That brings you a little glimmer of okayness. A sight, smell, taste, hearing, or sensation. Once you've found that gilmmer, I want you to go ahead and notice. Really bring all of your awareness to this glimmer. All of the qualities.

If you're using smell or taste, notice all those notes and qualities that come with noticing this clipper. If you're using touch, really get to know that sensation and how it feels to touch whatever object you choose.

Really marinate in this glimmer. Take it in one sip at a time. And when you're ready, take another sip. What else do you notice? Stay here just a little bit longer. You're doing great.

And now, when you're ready, just let that glimmer go. You can make a little ha sound with your breath. And after you let the glimmer got I want you to go inside as much as feels comfortable today and notice any shifts that have occurred in your nervous system and the quality of your thoughts. The quality of your breath. Just letting yourself notice how taking in a micro moment of safety feels. There’s no right, no wrong here.

And then when you're ready, you can reorient to the room with the space. And if you want, you could do this practice again. Choose another glimmer. Then do the same thing of marinating and immersing for a couple minutes and then noticing it shifts to come in from that. You can also, throughout the rest of your day, be on the lookout for glimmers. The more you notice and put an intention into noticing micro-moments of safety, the more it's going to be more accessible to find those moments. What fires together wires together. So really building this in as a practice to support you and your nervous system as you move through whatever you're having to navigate. You can also take glimmer walks where you go for a walk, and you just practice noticing the glimmer, letting it go, noticing another one, letting it go.

And as you're ready, bring this practice to a close. And you can always come back to the guided recorded version whenever you want. And that you can always do this on the go.

Glimmers can be available to you anytime you.