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Happy Mornings

by Jo Gillard

Rated
4.6
Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Everyone
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Take 5 minutes each morning to begin your day happy. This simple morning meditation will assist you to begin your day feeling empowered, joyous, and ready to embrace all that lies ahead. Jo will guide you to breathe, scan your body, release tension and visualise a beautiful place to experience the feeling of happiness in your body.

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Transcript

Welcome to your happy morning meditation.

Begin by finding a comfortable position,

Either sitting up or lying down.

Take a big deep breath and feel yourself beginning to relax.

Plan your body and notice any areas of tension.

For each area,

Use your breath to breathe in relaxation and breathe out the tension.

Take your awareness to each area.

Maybe it's your shoulders,

Your lower back,

Your forehead.

Experience the sensation of relaxation rippling over your whole body.

Take a moment now to notice where your thoughts are.

Have they raced ahead to all the things you need to do today?

Are they thinking about something that happened yesterday?

Invite all those parts of yourself that are somewhere else to come back now and allow yourself to be fully here in this moment.

As thoughts arise,

Simply acknowledge them,

Saying,

Thank you thought,

Goodbye thought.

Now picture a place where you have felt really happy.

It may be a place in your home,

A park,

A river,

A mountain,

At the beach,

Perhaps a holiday destination.

Just choose the first place that comes to mind.

Imagine yourself there now.

What can you see?

What can you hear?

What can you smell?

What can you touch?

What can you taste?

Add as many details to the experience as you can.

In your mind's eye,

Allow it to feel real.

Notice how you feel.

Allow the feeling of happiness to increase.

I will now give you some time to stay here in your happy place,

Bathing in the feelings of happiness for a few minutes.

Allow you to notice more details and enjoy and expand your feelings of happiness.

Thank you.

It is time to come back now.

Take a moment to fully return to your physical body in the here and now.

Wriggle your fingers and toes and when you are ready,

Slowly,

Gently open your eyes.

You can revisit this meditation any time you want to start your day feeling happy.

Have a wonderful day.

Meet your Teacher

Jo GillardLondon, UK

4.6 (3 044)

Recent Reviews

Kathleen

July 19, 2025

It’s my birthday πŸŽ‰ and I really enjoyed your meditation πŸ§˜πŸ»β€β™€οΈβ€¦happy πŸ˜ƒ!! Thank you πŸ™πŸΌ.

Nishant

September 13, 2023

Lovely. A quick practice to get you into a good place

Jane

August 25, 2022

Lovely combination of simple relaxation and visualisation. Thank you

Anthony

August 15, 2022

An excellent, relaxing and positive way to start the day with an authentic voice and soothing music…

Steven

August 12, 2022

Nice gentle voice, great to visit the beach and relax the mind and body.

Justine

July 15, 2022

A perfect short meditation to start the day , Thank you πŸ™πŸΌ

Karen

June 15, 2022

Enjoyed going to my happy place with your guidance! πŸ™πŸ»

Ruby

May 13, 2022

i was feeling consumed by all the things i had to do when i woke up - this meditation gave me a bit of clarity and made me more excited for my day ahead:)

Paula

May 11, 2022

This is my new morning .. meditation πŸ§˜β€β™€οΈ wow . Loved it .

Alka

April 29, 2022

Lovely happiness booster this morning. Thank you πŸ™πŸ»πŸŒΊ

Sloth

March 28, 2022

A beautiful way to start out any day!😊. Thank you for sharing !🌸😌

Odessa

February 17, 2022

It was so nice to picture a happy time for me. It made my morning. Thank you

E

January 30, 2022

Gentle reminder of how blessed I am Calming reflections Thank you πŸ™πŸ» πŸ––πŸ€—

Teresa

January 18, 2022

Thank you so much for the reminder of my happy place 🀩

Stephanie

December 9, 2021

This is a wonderful way to start the day. It always brings me back to an incredible place. Thank you.

joe

September 10, 2021

It was awesome Jo thank you have a beautiful amazing day yourself Namaste

Ane

July 29, 2021

What an amazing way to start my day! Feel so happy and ready for this new day now! Thank you so muchπŸ™πŸΌ will for sure return to this meditation other mornings β˜€οΈ

Thierry

June 29, 2021

Hello Jo, It was a wonderful meditation with perfect and beutifull start of my day! Thanks so much! Before this meditation I really enjoyed your life singing meditation! It was so nice to hear your voice and it was really handy with the text to follow.. you are doing great and allow yourself those small mistakes because they make it so human.. so real live and also show even more your positive vibes! Have a lovely day! Greetings Thierry

AB

November 27, 2020

Mornings start with a million things, but to be able to snatch 5 simple & beautiful minutes to follow this guided meditation & realign yourself, feels awesome. Thank you!

Nicole.For.Real

November 20, 2020

What a beautiful meditation 😊 such a nice way to start my day πŸ’•

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