Good morning.
Welcome to this new day.
This meditation will help you start your day and move through your day with a sense of gratitude and groundedness.
If your eyes are not already closed.
Gently close them down.
Noticing the expansive darkness behind the eyes.
And checking in with your body.
Is there anywhere you can breathe into?
To release a little bit of tension.
Imagine breathing into your jaw,
Shoulders,
Hips.
And on the exhale,
Just letting go.
This is your time.
For peace,
For relaxation,
For a reset.
To have the most wonderful day.
Gratitude is a very,
Very helpful frequency for our nervous system,
For our brain,
Rewiring the brain away from our negativity bias.
And into noticing.
The beautiful things right in front of us.
Beginning this day with a thankful heart.
Maybe.
.
.
You allow the corners of your mouth to rise up in a smile.
As you tap into this feeling of gratitude.
Notice a lightness,
A lift through the chest,
Through the top of the head.
And a relaxation and a sinking into the support of the surface beneath you.
Grounded energy.
Grateful for the gift of another day.
Gratitude beginning to fill your mind,
Soften your heart.
Bringing your mind to.
.
.
Your feet for a moment,
Resting your awareness there,
Feeling grounded.
Anchored.
In this moment.
Grounded and open.
Rooted in your body.
Connected to the earth beneath you,
Feeling stable,
Centered,
And calm no matter what the day brings.
Like a tree grounded to the earth.
And open,
Lifted,
Inspired by your gratitude.
Noticing the first thing that comes to mind when you place your awareness in your heart and on gratitude.
What are you most grateful for?
It does not have to be complicated.
Or bank.
You can simply be grateful for having internet access.
Or for waking up to a new day.
Now let's think about our bodies.
What are you grateful for in your body?
What does your body do for you?
Even if some days it feels a bit like an enemy.
It's going against you.
Your body is always,
Always,
Always on your side.
Be thankful for your heart beating in your chest.
For your diaphragm,
Helping to support you breathe.
Or your belly digesting food.
Your feet,
Where they carry you.
Scanning through the body and just noticing if there's any parts that you feel grateful for.
And now opening your mind.
To the people or animals in your life that you feel grateful for.
In the past or current.
Where do you feel a source of connectedness or love or support?
And if people are hard to think about,
Maybe there's a gratitude for nature.
Maybe there's a gratitude for.
.
.
Plants.
Imagine other living beings.
That you feel a sense of gratitude.
And let's see if we can tap into how gratitude feels in the body,
A sense of lightness and aliveness through the heart.
Each breath,
A quiet thank you to life.
Seeing beauty and blessings in small,
Ordinary moments.
Gratitude filling your mind and softening your heart.
Noticing a gratitude for any items or things in your life that would be hard to do without.
We might even just be grateful for clean drinking water.
Or the place we live.
The cozy blankets we have.
Noticing what comes to mind.
And settling that peace and gratitude into your heart starting this day from this grounded gratitude.
Gratitude filling the mind.
Softening the heart.
Is there anything else?
That we've missed,
Or would you like to return to one of the ones we've already mentioned?
Settling the mind in that space.
And making a commitment to your mind right now.
For the rest of the day,
You will be on the lookout.
For small things that you're grateful for.
You'll notice the little details you don't usually notice throughout your day.
And this will make your day alive with abundance and gratitude.
Taking one more deep breath here.
Letting it out.
When you're ready,
Bringing some movement into the body and opening the eyes.
