Focusing on your
feet may help your mental health! [Bulletin
date: May 31st, 2026]
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and for the past few weeks, I have shared lots of information about how our mental health is important to our overall well-being. In this final week of May, I would like to share a great way to help reduce stress. This information came from Meritus Behavioral Health in Hagerstown, Maryland.
When you find yourself needing to
release or reduce stress, temporarily take your mind off the situation and
focus on your feet.
1) Place your feet on the ground and look
down at them.
2) In your imagination, choose your
favorite colored marker.
3) With that imaginary marker, draw an
outline of your foot starting at the heel and slowing going up the outside of
the foot to your little toe.
4) In your imagination, continue to draw
around each toe and then go back down the inside of the foot to your heel.
5) Can you “see” the colored outline of
your foot?
6) Now, repeat with the other foot!
7) Imagine your footprints when you are
feeling stressed.
Another way to use your feet to reduce
stress is to wiggle your toes inside your shoes. Do this to one foot at a time. Pay attention to the sensation as you wiggle
each toe. Tense up the foot and then
stretch it out. Then, repeat with the
other foot.
Bet you never knew how connected your mind and your feet can be!
Stay well!
St. Ann Parish Nurse
770-552-6400 x6019
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