Hello, and welcome back to practicing human, the podcast where every day we're getting

a little better at life.

I'm your host, Corey Miscarra, and before we go into today's episode, just wanted to

let you know that registration is now open for the next online retreat, April 16th through

18th, 2021, and the theme of this retreat will be Deep Rest, will be exploring the specific

practices that help unwind psychological, emotional, and physical tension, which can accumulate

over the course of a lifetime, and it's not as simple as let me just take a break or let

me just be present in order to help this unwind.

So we're really going to do a deep dive into those practices, and I'd love to have you

there.

You can learn about it at CoreyMiscarra.com, forward slash retreat.

In today's episode, I'm going to share a five-part practice that you can use in your

meditation.

More to come on that in a moment.

First, let's settle in together with the sound of the bells.

So I'm going to share a five-part acronym that I call Grain, and it is something I created

for one of my past retreats where we were exploring finding your ground, and in this practice,

these are five tips that you can turn into a meditation, or you can use to support your

existing meditation.

So it's G-R-A-I-N, and each one represents something to do.

So let's say that you were going to sit down, you wanted to practice.

The first thing, G stands for ground yourself, and this involves just rooting yourself into

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