Build your resilience muscle through gratitude.
Take some time to place yourself in a comfortable position.
Take a few deep breaths.
Let your chest rise and fall with each inhalation and exhalation.
When you are ready,
Let your eyes drift closed.
As you continue to breathe slowly and deeply,
Let your attention rest gently on your breath,
Feeling the movement as it enters and exits your body.
Each time you exhale,
Let go of any tension.
Relax your face,
Your shoulders,
Your belly and your legs.
On your next exhale,
Settle your attention to the area around your heart.
Focus on feelings of love,
Compassion,
Empathy,
Forgiveness.
With your attention on your heart centre,
Bring to mind something or someone you are grateful for.
As you continue with your easy,
Relaxed breathing,
Perhaps you feel gratitude for being alive,
For your healthy body.
Perhaps you are grateful for the abundance of nature that produces food to nourish your body,
And the beautiful scenery to nourish your soul.
Bring to your attention the people who truly nourish you in your life and how they bless you with their presence.
Feel gratitude for your own life and the many gifts you have been blessed with.
Now,
Bring your attention to how this gratitude feels in the area around your heart.
With each inhale,
Let this feeling grow outwards,
Expanding to fill your chest,
Expanding to fill your arms and hands,
Expanding to fill your legs and feet.
With each inhale,
This feeling grows,
Filling you up.
And now,
Even as you return your attention to your breath,
Let your body remember the sensations of your gratitude.
Slowly now,
Come back into the room you are in,
And being here,
When you are ready,
Start to wriggle your fingers and your toes,
And you can open your eyes,
And you can share your thoughts.
Thank you.
