Good morning.
Welcome to In the Flow with Lori Albert.
So one of my favorite subjects in the whole world is gratitude.
And what I love about gratitude is,
Is that it's not just,
Okay,
So it is about saying thank you to the universe or whatever,
Or you know,
Spirit,
Universe,
God,
Whatever you choose to call it.
Um,
It's not just about thanking the universe for like our family and our friends and our house and our car and all that kind of stuff.
It's that it is that,
But it's not just that.
Gratitude can change everything.
I mean,
Gratitude can actually,
You know,
It can change the,
It can change your world.
So today's meditation,
We're going to focus on that because I want to show,
Not that it's a new kind of gratitude,
But I want to show everybody if you're familiar,
Great.
If you're not,
That's fine too.
How to use gratitude to,
To change your life,
To change your daily way of being.
So I'm excited.
Okay.
Are we ready?
I'm excited about this today because,
Um,
I don't know about you,
But I need a shift.
I could use a shift of some sort and gratitude can be that vehicle to do that.
So let's get ourselves comfortable because we are going to,
We're going to have a fantastic meditation.
Um,
Oh,
You're going,
I hope you love this.
Um,
Let me know.
Okay.
So let's get ourselves comfortable.
Close our eyes whenever you feel comfortable enough to do so.
So let's take a few nice deep breaths to lighten us up.
Breathe in and release.
Let's take one more deep,
Deep breath in and allow yourself to become aware of your body,
Your body from head to toe.
Become aware of your head and neck and your shoulders and your arms,
Your hands.
Become aware of your chest and your abdomen and your hips and your legs,
All the way down to your feet.
Now I'd like for you to notice any aches and pains that you may have today.
Place a little bit of attention on them.
Whether it's your shoulders feeling tight or your knee bothering you or your throat bothering you.
Just notice what's going on in your body.
As we notice these aches and pains,
Let's say thank you to them.
Thank you for allowing us to notice and call attention to our bodies.
And as you say thank you to them,
As you're breathing out,
Imagine these aches and pains leaving your body.
They serve their purpose.
To let you know that something wasn't right,
We thank the pains and aches and notice them leaving with every breath out.
Let's breathe in and out for a few breaths.
Noticing and thanking the pains and aches leaving our body.
Now we want to notice any emotions that we may be feeling that we know do not serve us.
Emotions that are on the lower level of the vibrational scale,
Like fear or irritation,
Jealousy or sadness.
These emotions could be towards ourselves or towards other people.
We recognize that there are many emotions we feel throughout the day and not all of them serve us.
We thank these emotions for allowing us to become aware of these people or situations.
And as we breathe out,
We ask them to leave our bodies and souls,
Thanking them for allowing us to become aware.
And now let's sit in the stillness for just a minute and allow our bodies to feel these emotions,
Leaving our bodies with every breath out.
And now we focus on our in-breath.
With our next breath in,
We breathe in and focus on peace.
Peace that with each breath in flows all through our entire body and every cell.
And we say thank you.
Thank you.
With our next breaths,
We now invite in joy.
With every breath in,
We feel encouraged,
Happy and blissful.
And we say thank you for filling us and our hearts and souls with this beautiful healing energy and emotion.
We thank you,
Spirit,
For allowing us to understand peace and joy.
And love.
There is so much in our lives to feel grateful for.
As we sit in the stillness just for a few moments,
We focus our attention on our hearts and the gratitude that fills us.
We say thank you,
Spirit,
For allowing us to feel this joy and peace.
We say thank you,
Spirit,
For allowing us to feel this joy and peace.
Let's start bringing our awareness back to the present.
Back to our bodies.
As we say a final thank you to the universe.
For giving us life and love and peace and joy.
Whenever you feel comfortable,
You can open your eyes.
Yeah,
That was beautiful.
Oh,
My gosh.
I love thinking,
Talking,
Being about gratitude.
So I really appreciate each and every one of you joining me for these meditations and short chats.
Thank you for joining me today.
And from my heart to yours,
Have a beautiful day.
Namaste.
