Namaste dear one,
This is Jay Chaturagam.
Today we will do a practice for priming for gratitude.
It is said that it's not happy people who are grateful,
It's actually grateful people who are happy.
And know that what you appreciate,
Appreciates.
I'll say that again,
What you appreciate,
Appreciates.
Gratitude is acknowledging the good you already have in your life and that becomes the foundation for abundance.
Gratitude is an affirmation that there are good things in the world,
Gifts and benefits that you've received.
And you recognize that the source of this goodness are outside of yourself.
Acknowledging that other people,
The Supreme Being,
Mother Nature gave me these many gifts whether they're big or small to help me achieve the success in my life.
As we begin to dive into this practice,
I ask that you set aside all distractions and make yourself very comfortable.
You could do this practice either seated or laying down.
And if you're seated on a chair,
Just make your feet firmly planted on the ground.
Rest your arms,
Make your back straight in alignment with your neck and your head.
Unclench the jaw,
Soften the face,
Drop the shoulders,
Relax your entire body.
And if you haven't already done so,
Go ahead and gently downshift your gaze or close your eyes.
And let's bring our attention to our breath,
Taking in some nice,
Slow,
Deep belly breaths and letting it all out.
A couple more times,
Nice,
Slow,
Deep inhalation through the nostrils and letting it all out from the mouth.
One more time,
Slow,
Deep breath in and exhaling it all out through the mouth.
Notice the sensations on the top of your head,
Bringing your awareness to any sensations that you can feel on the scalp of your head.
Now,
Bring this awareness down to the face,
Noticing any sensations that you feel on your face,
Bringing that awareness to the sensations in and around your neck.
Bringing that awareness to the chest region around your heart,
Slightly lower around the solar plexus,
Just below the ribcage,
And then around the belly button,
Bringing the awareness to your back and feeling the sensations around your shoulder blades,
Going down the spine to your middle back and to the lower back,
Feeling the sensations around your buttocks,
The biggest muscles in the body,
And noticing where you make the point of contact with the seat or the bed or the floor that you are on.
Bring your awareness through the thighs,
Noticing sensations around your hamstrings,
Around your knees,
The shins and your calf muscles,
And then bringing it down to the ankles,
The soles of your feet,
And the tips of your toes.
Now from the shoulders,
Bringing the awareness down the upper arms,
The biceps and the triceps,
The elbows,
The forearms,
Wrists,
Palms,
Fingers.
Now feeling the sensations in your entire body as if it is one organism and gently letting go of this practice.
Now ask yourself,
What can you be grateful for?
There's so much we've all been blessed with.
Be grateful for the kindly friends that walk along your way.
Be grateful for the skies of blue that smile from day to day.
Be grateful for the health you own,
The work you find to do.
Be grateful for the growing trees,
The roses soon to bloom,
The tenderness of kindly hearts that shed your days of gloom.
Be grateful for the morning dew,
The grass beneath your feet,
The soft caresses of your babies and all their laughter sweet.
Be grateful that you can recall the joys that you've had.
I invite you to make your own gratitude list for a couple of minutes in silence.
I'll watch the time.
Now I invite you to please bring your palms together in prayer position at your heart center and rub your palms against each other,
Kindling the prana.
Now when you feel a nice warm ball of energy weld up between your palms,
I want you to go ahead and cup your eyes and bless yourself.
I'm grateful for this life.
I'm grateful for my health.
I'm grateful for the clarity of my mind.
I'm grateful for all the loving people in my life.
May I continue to be healthy,
Be loved,
And at peace.
I thank you for joining me in this practice.
This is Jai Chodakam wishing you an abundant day.
Namaste.
