Dr. Wayne Pernell describes a simple practice called the 10% exercise: walk 10% slower and notice your feet on the ground, the texture beneath you, the air on your skin. It breaks the mental loop of endless thinking by anchoring you to what's actually happening.
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You know, that was back in the. In the early 60s when he said that. And I think it really. That struck me as a great quote, that we get locked in our heads so much thinking, thinking, thinking, thinking that if we really can slow things down to feel, and this can happen even, you know, on. On across a parking lot or you've gone shopping, and it's like, slow down. I used to do an exercise with my clients where I would make them. I called it the 10% exercise, and instead of 10% more, it was slow it down 10%. Walk, 10% more slowly. Feel the pressure on your feet. Feel the grass or the pavement as you take your step. Smell the air. Feel the air.