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From DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, Second Edition  by Marsha M. Linehan. Copyright 2015 by Marsha M. Linehan. Permission 
to photocopy this handout is granted to purchasers of this book for personal use only (see copyright page for details).Mindfulness Handout 4c   (Mindfulness Worksheets 2–2c, 4–4b)
ideas for p racticing p articipating
participate with awareness of connection to the universe:
 1. Focus your attention on where your body touches an object (floor or ground, air molecules, 
a chair or armrest, your bed sheets and covers, your clothes, etc.). Try to see all the ways you are connected to and accepted by that object. Consider the function of that object with relation to you. That is, consider what the object does for you. Consider its kindness in 
doing that. Experience the sensation of touching the object, and focus your entire attention 
on that kindness until a sense of being connected or loved or cared for arises in your heart.
Examples:  Focus your attention on your feet touching the ground. Consider the kindness of 
the ground holding you up, providing a path for you to get to other things, not letting you fall away from everything else. Focus your attention on your body touching the chair you sit in. Consider how the chair accepts you totally, holds you up, supports your back, and keeps you from falling down on the floor. Focus your attention on the sheets and covers on your bed. Consider the touch of the sheets and covers holding you, surrounding and keeping 
you warm and comfortable. Consider the walls in the room. They keep out the wind and the