Driving in your car can be
an amazing opportunity for your sensory diet.
Auditory: Listen to the music that
you need at that time to either perk you up or calm you down and sing along
with it. Turn off the music and chant, or listen to the sound of raindrops or
falling snow. Open the window and listen to nature’s sounds, especially if you
are driving along the ocean.
Scent: Infuse essential oil with a device that you
plug into your cigarette lighter. Choose the oil you need to either perk you up
or calm you down. If you’re lucky to be driving through an orange, cherry or apple
grove in bloom, open up your window and inhale deeply.
Tactile: Use a vibrating mat behind your back or a
back massager. Massage parts of your body with wooden rollers. Open up your
window to feel the warmth of the sun on your body or the refreshing cold of
lightly falling snow. Stick your arm out the window and let the grounding surge
of the wind against your skin perk you up for amazing body awareness. If you
are drowsy, rub something with rough texture against your skin to perk you up.
Pressure: Put weight on your lap.
Oral/motor: Drink cold drinks of
peppermint tea or lemon water through a straw to alert you and especially if
you are driving while drowsy. Also, chew gum or suck on a lemon or lime. Drink
warm chamomile tea to calm you.
Proprioceptive: Push into the steering wheel at a light.
Vestibular: Driving in your car naturally gives you
vestibular input and especially on a bumpy road or going up or down hills.
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