s e n s e Come back to your senses (literally)! Brian Luke Seaward, Ph.D., a college professor and workshop facilitator on stress management, wrote an excellent little book titled, The Art of Calm: Relaxation through the Five Senses. In it he offers a very quick and usable list of suggestions for taking a pause to relax through attention to each of our five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Some simple activities, many of which are inspired by Seaward's book, and further food for thought are provided in the five sections which follow: Look. Listen. Smell. Taste. Touch. Body is the portion of the soul that can be perceived by the five senses. --William Blake The greatest thing, then, in all education is to make the nervous system our ally instead of our enemy. --William James I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order --John Burroughs