Oh My Grateful Heart!

Gratitude practises are said to be the foundation of uplifting our mindset, literally rewiring our neurological pathways in a positive way. The heart is said to be our most powerful energy centre, emitting an energetic frequency that is more powerful than the brain.

When we combine our focus and awareness of gratitude, with the heart center, we can amplify the power and intentions of our meditation practice.

I invite you to join me as we settle into this grateful heart practice, uplifting our mood, calming the mind, and strengthening our heart coherence.

Thank you for sharing this practice with me today.

Transcript

Welcome to this Grateful Heart Meditation.

Let's begin by finding a comfortable position,

Either seated with an upright spine or laying down.

Placing one hand over your heart and the other hand on top.

Breathing in to feel the expansion of your chest and breathing out to soften the skin of your face.

Relaxing the shoulders and lightly feeling the loving touch of your own hands.

Letting go of all and any tension in the stomach area and feeling grounded as we bring awareness to the sensations of the body touching the surface below.

Coming into the present moment,

Beginning to feel safe and steady.

Feeling supported and a sense of calm.

Imagining the breath coming in and out of the heart centre.

As we start to count,

Breathing in for 1,

2,

3,

4,

5.

Breathing out for 1,

2,

3,

4,

5.

Inhaling,

2,

3,

4,

5.

Exhaling,

2,

3,

4,

5.

Breathing in,

2,

3,

4,

5.

Breathing out,

2,

3,

4,

5.

Keep going as we come deeper into the present moment.

Keep breathing in and breathing out.

As we start to settle into a relaxed state of coherence.

Sensing the rhythm of your heart and beginning to feel grateful for each and every breath.

Feeling the sincerity of these words as if they were your own and allowing them to flow freely throughout your entire body,

Mind,

Heart and soul.

Oh my grateful hearts,

I am thankful to you for the beat that gives me life.

I am thankful to you for the pulse that carries the flow of life force energy throughout every cell of my body.

I am thankful to you for keeping me alive.

Oh my grateful hearts,

I am thankful to you for my ability to feel love.

I am thankful to be able to give and receive love and to do so with an open and willing heart.

Feeling love towards myself and others and genuinely feeling it in a deep and meaningful way.

Oh my grateful hearts,

I am thankful to you for my ability to be kind.

I am thankful to be able to learn the meaning of compassion and begin to practice kindness towards myself and others in an empathic way.

Oh my grateful hearts,

I am thankful to you for showing me the power of forgiveness.

Thank you for enabling me to forgive myself and to forgive others.

Thank you for showing me the pathway to freedom from hurt by truly and deeply being able to let things go.

Oh my grateful hearts,

I am thankful to you for your ability to heal,

To heal myself and to help heal others.

I am thankful to you for loving me when I hadn't yet learned how to love myself.

Thank you for having the strength to carry me through difficult and challenging times.

Oh my grateful hearts,

I am thankful to you for keeping me safe and protected.

Thank you for your strength and your resilience.

I am thankful to you for your wisdom and guidance.

Thank you for taking care of me when I didn't yet know how to do so for myself.

Oh my grateful hearts,

I am thankful to you for my ability to feel optimistic and hopeful,

Beginning to feel appreciative now.

I am thankful for the heart's ability to hold memories and to easily recall moments of happiness and laughter.

Feeling thankful for the joy that flows from within my heart and lights up every aspect of my life.

Oh my thankful hearts,

In this moment I feel free,

I feel serene and content and I feel oh so very grateful for you.