{"id":4377,"date":"2025-09-18T07:33:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/?post_type=hulpbronnen&#038;p=4377"},"modified":"2026-02-10T14:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:58:56","slug":"grounding-through-the-five-senses","status":"publish","type":"hulpbronnen","link":"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/en\/hulpbronnen\/gronding-via-de-vijf-zintuigen\/","title":{"rendered":"Grounding through the five senses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4377\" class=\"elementor elementor-4377\" data-elementor-post-type=\"hulpbronnen\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d5608 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"61d5608\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa7ed0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa7ed0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Expensive<\/strong>5 \u2013 10 minutes<\/p><p><strong>When<\/strong>:<\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With overwhelming emotions<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With dissociation or the feeling of not really being there<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During or after a flashback or re-experiencing<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For sleeping, to let go of tension and ground yourself in the here and now<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b08137 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b08137\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8538627 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8538627\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Introduction<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/en\/information\/grouding-exercises\/\">Grounding exercises<\/a> They can help you reconnect with the here and now. By consciously using your senses and focusing your attention on what you see, hear, feel, smell, and taste, you \u2018ground\u2019 your system back into the present. That helps you <a href=\"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/en\/information\/window-of-tolerance\/\">stress system<\/a> calm down, and to be more present in your body and the present moment.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/p><h2>This is how you do the exercise<\/h2><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preferably find a place where you can sit or stand quietly with your feet firmly on the ground. If that\u2019s not possible, you can just stay where you are.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Watch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Look around you and name five things you see. For example, choose 5 things of a certain color, or a certain shape.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Feel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Touch four things and consciously feel how they feel: hard, soft, warm, cold, rough or smooth?<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Listen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Listen for three sounds around you. Can you hear the difference between a sound close by and a sound further away?<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Smell<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notice two scents, however subtle they may be.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Experiments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: focus your attention on one thing you taste, for example a sip of water or the taste in your mouth.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take your time and breathe calmly while you do this. Often you will notice that you feel more present in your body and less overwhelmed. You can easily repeat the exercise if that feels comfortable.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grounding exercises with your senses can help you reconnect with the here and now.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0},"doelgroep":[12],"hulpbron-categorie":[56,72],"thema":[49],"trefwoord":[],"class_list":["post-4377","hulpbronnen","type-hulpbronnen","status-publish","hentry","doelgroep-iemand-met-trauma","hulpbron-categorie-dissociatie","hulpbron-categorie-gronding","thema-omgaan-met-trauma"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gronding via de vijf zintuigen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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