Hello and welcome to your gratitude meditation.
Gratitude is a practiced emotion that is rooted in appreciation and thankfulness and having a gratitude practice has many health benefits.
Practicing a guided gratitude meditation can help you shift attention away from the negative emotions,
Feelings of being disappointed or feeling like you're not enough,
Towards a more positive experience.
This guided gratitude meditation asks you to experience the gratitude for the gift of life.
Softly and gently close your eyes.
Begin to settle in and find a comfortable seat or perhaps lie down.
Invite your body to relax and let go of the outside world.
Start to observe your breath,
Your inhales and exhales.
Notice how your body feels and how your mind feels with each inhalation,
Bringing that fresh breath into the body and with each exhalation inviting your body to relax even further.
Just notice your effortless action of breathing.
Remember that breathing gives you life as you inhale and exhale.
Begin to feel gratitude for your breath and let this feeling of gratitude grow with every breath that you take.
Now bring your attention to your heartbeat,
Perhaps by placing one hand over your heart and begin to feel the gratitude for your heart that beats all on its own,
Giving you life.
As you inhale and exhale,
Just noticing and appreciating your life-giving breath,
Noticing and appreciating your heartbeat in this beautiful moment that we call the present.
Now call to mind that part of nature that you feel most grateful for.
Perhaps see yourself in nature with nature all around you and choose your favorite part.
It could be a flower or a tree,
A river or the beach or the ocean,
The wind,
The rain.
So just breathing in and breathing out,
Visualizing your favorite thing in nature that you are so grateful for.
If it's a tree,
Imagine that you're sitting under this beautiful tree,
Perhaps dipping your feet in the soft rolling waves of the ocean.
Just visualize all the aspects of nature from the bottom of the sea to the top of the mountains.
As you breathe in and breathe out,
Invite your heart to overflow with gratitude for the beauty of nature and the gift of life.
Breathing in and breathing out,
Being grateful for all you are and for your life,
A wonderful gift,
A great adventure.
Take a deeper breath in and exhale fully and completely.
Prepare yourself to come back to the room,
Refreshed,
Awake and relaxed.
Gently opening your eyes.
Thank you for being here and experiencing this gratitude for life with me.
I hope you have a beautiful
