Mindfulness allows us to explore our lives as we actually live them. Not having to look back and remember what things were like to be enjoyed, or look forward, planning, hoping things will be different, better. We are here, now, Mindfulness encourages us to know this.
Our senses are one way to connect with the present, to our environment and to others. 
Touch is something that can often go unnoticed as we use it so often. We tune out to touch as it is there all the time, but we are not. We can often not even notice the ground beneath our feet as we are usually busy going somewhere, with something to do.
There is always someting touching us – our clothes, other parts of our body, other people, things in the environment, air touching the skin.
This week’s challenge is to tune into your sense of touch.
At any one point of the day stop and pay attention to your sense of touch. You may be in the shower – feel the water running over your body or the smoothness of the soap gliding over your skin.
While driving in your car – tune in to your hands touching the steering wheel, your body against the seat.
When standing in a queue – notice where your hands are, are you holding anything? What does it feel like? Notice your clothes on your body.
At work or at home – what are the textures you feel during your day? Alert your sense of touch to everyday items you come into contact with and notice their texture, weight, even temperature.
Or perhaps laying in bed – notice the air touching your skin, the bedclothes on your body, your head on the pillow.
Tune into touch without judgment or expectation. Mindfulness isn’t about what it’s supposed to feel like, it is being there to notice just what it is at that particular moment.
Notice when you are holding onto something tight or forceful and perhaps allow yourself a gentler grip. We often express our tension and hurried lifestyle through our own body without even being aware of it. Notice it and allow it to just be. 
Focussed concentration is limited in our fast-paced world. Taking time to actually feel your body enhances your connection to your world and slows down the pace in your head.
Notice, become aware, tune-up your sense of touch and get in touch with yourself and your environment.
Great reminder. I think this is often a neglected sense, especially when it comes to mindfulness. Thanks for sharing.