Gratitude Practice At The End Of The Day

We can do an end of day gratitude practice in so many ways. Writing is one. Listening and visualizing is another. Allow this guided practice to take you through three moments of your day. Neuroscience tells us we need to vividly imagine positive moments for at least thirty seconds using all of our senses, including sight, sound, touch, and scent. Then if you're ready for bed, with your heart warm and full, let yourself drift into sleep.

Transcript

As the day draws to a close,

We take a few moments to notice what we are grateful for.

Let your mind scan the day.

Perhaps it was something you were aware of at the time.

You made a mental note.

I'm going to look at this tonight for my gratitude journal.

Ideally we might have three.

If you have your first one,

Let's start now.

Close your eyes if you're comfortable.

Take a few deep breaths.

Relax your body from head to toes.

Let yourself bring whatever it is into clear focus in your mind.

Use all of your senses.

Use your visual sense as well as your hearing,

Touch,

Aroma,

Movement,

Stillness.

And then let that one fade.

Let your mind become still for a moment.

And then bring to mind the second one.

It could be words I'm grateful for or I appreciate.

Put yourself right into that situation again with all of your senses and focus all of your attention on that.

And then let that one move to the background and bring to mind your third.

If it was an incident or a person,

Something you noticed.

Relax your body,

Your breath,

And focus completely on your third gratitude or appreciation.

Notice the sounds,

The feelings,

The aromas.

Notice the visuals.

Let yourself really soak it in.

And then let that fade.

Bring to mind briefly your three gratitudes for this day.

Let them run through your mind for a moment.

And open your eyes.

Reviews

Lovely. I am grateful that I’ve been reminded that I have a gratitude journal somewhere in this house! I will look for it tomorrow and get back into the habit of writing in it each night . Thank you for your talks, meditations, and live events. 🙏

The pause for feeling the gratitude is nice. Taking time and sensing is much appreciated.

A lovely short practical and beautiful way to come to the last part of my day.

💜really enjoyed this at day’s end. Flute notes were a very sweet ending

Thank you for the gratitude prompting track womderful

nice, simple, clear, very pleasant overall sound.
Just a hint of nature's sounds, and like good seasoning, just the right amount. Thank you.

Thank you for this meditation . I loved it . It is very effective . Very grateful to you 🙏❤️

Today, I am grateful I found you here on IT at a time in my life when I most need these teachings and practices. 🙏🏻

This was so sweet. A perfect way to closeout the busyness of the day. Thank you.

What a beautiful way to reflect on the day in gratitude! I have done gratitude journals before, but I felt the shift inside of my heart more with this exercise. Thank you!

I love this short gratitude meditation! Thank you! 🤲🙏

I love the invitation to visualize the three things in the day you’re grateful for.

Wonderful meditation for the end of a day! Thank you for sharing it. Namaste.

Short yet powerful
Thank you
Namesta

Lovely way to end the day. ❤

A nice and simple gratitude meditation to end the day with positive reflection. Thank you! 😌🤙🏽

Very simple yet very amazing. I am grateful for this little gem 🏵

Simple and always profound to be grateful. Thank you. Namaste. 🙏🏻

A lovely gratitude check in. Thankyou!

Very effective and quick way to recap your day's highlights and feel deep gratitude. Have bookmarked it for future, ongoing use!