Awakening Gratitude
With Gerry Rickard“If the only prayer you said today was ‘thank you,’ that would be enough.” Meister Eckhart Practicing gratitude can be very positive for our lives. It has far-reaching effects, from improving our mental health to boosting our relationships with others. This three-part course focuses on how to bring more gratitude into your daily living, how we can be grateful for what life presents us – whatever is here. During the course, you will focus on: - Recognising and waking up to the good things you have received in your life - Practicing saying ‘thank you’ to the gifts you have received from other people and the world around us, and our interconnectedness and dependency on people and places in our lives. - Being grateful for everything that is here, including the challenges in our lives, independent of our liking or disliking them.
How to practice and develop gratitude in your life.
About this course
“If the only prayer you said today was ‘thank you,’ that would be enough.” Meister Eckhart Practicing gratitude can be very positive for our lives. It has far-reaching effects, from improving our mental health to boosting our relationships with others. This three-part course focuses on how to bring more gratitude into your daily living, how we can be grateful for what life presents us – whatever is here. During the course, you will focus on: - Recognising and waking up to the good things you have received in your life - Practicing saying ‘thank you’ to the gifts you have received from other people and the world around us, and our interconnectedness and dependency on people and places in our lives. - Being grateful for everything that is here, including the challenges in our lives, independent of our liking or disliking them.
Meet your Teacher
Gerry is a full-time mindfulness and meditation teacher, holding a Master's in Mindfulness Teaching from the University of Bangor in Wales. An Irishman based in Mozambique, he teaches, leads retreats, and holds workshops in Africa and beyond. A practicing Zen Buddhist, Gerry loves to create courses and retreats based on his own practice and learnings. Gratitude is a practice in itself. In this three-part course, he introduces different ways we can look at and practice with a sense of gratitude.