19/05/2026
A recent painting I’d like to share with some thoughts on how painting can help soothe our nervous systems. Sometimes grounding happens not through words, but through movement, rhythm, and sensory experience.
The repetitive motion of moving paint across a surface can help regulate the nervous system by creating predictability, focus, and embodied presence. 💞
In art therapy, rhythmic mark-making and paint movement can support grounding by engaging the senses, slowing racing thoughts, and reconnecting us with the present moment.
