Are you seeing?

As you read this, notice how you’re seeing.

As you read, are you straining to see? Or are you sort of glazed, eyes open but not really taking in what’s in front of you?

What about your breathing? Do you hold your breath as you read?

Just where you are, notice that you are seeing, and that seeing happens without effort. If your eyes are open, you will see what’s in front of you. Just that thought may help your body feel softer and your breathing release.

Be aware that you have central vision – what you’re looking at – and also peripheral vision, the softer, fuzzier vision that takes in the right and left and above and below of where you are. Just remembering that may help – generally, when we’re stressed we over-focus, and when we over-focus, we feel stressed. So gently notice that you have both the central vision, the thing you are seeing, and the peripheral vision all around the sides of it. You might want to look a little further away, perhaps at the horizon or the middle-distance – sometimes that can be easier. This isn’t a fancy trick – it’s simply remembering what your eyes naturally do when we don’t get in the way with tension.

Letting ourselves see softly releases the whole body and breath, and helps us feel calmer.

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