GROUNDING YOURSELF AT UBC VANCOUVER

Hello Teacher Candidates!!  UBC Vancouver is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam people.  It is common at UBC Vancouver gatherings to begin with acknowledging Musqueam territory.  Learn more about the importance of this by watching this short video, Why We Acknowledge Musqueam Territory.

There is an abundance of land-based resources at UBC Vancouver!  This offers infinite opportunities for you to ground yourself during your time on campus.  What does it mean to ground yourself?  Grounding is a technique that helps keep you in the present moment, shifting your attention away from your thoughts and feelings to the here-and-now.  It is a useful exercise to engage in if you are feeling stressed, anxious, and/or overwhelmed.   One such technique – the 54321 grounding technique – is using your five senses to pay attention to your surroundings.  Consider taking a walk to a land-based resource near you, and engaging in this grounding technique as you do.  Check out this video on what this could look like.  Below are some land-based resources at UBC Vancouver to get you started.

While you are encouraged to access the land-based resources around you, please know you can practice the 54321 grounding technique wherever you are.

Take good care of you,

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