This is a gratitude meditation.
I will be bringing your awareness to things in life that you might be thankful for.
Give gratitude the chance to come up naturally.
And when it comes up,
Let yourself sink into the feeling.
Surrender to it.
Notice how it feels in your body,
How your energy feels.
And if it doesn't come up,
That's okay.
You don't need to make yourself feel it.
Just surrender to your heart,
Not your head.
We'll begin to flash through all the aspects of your life that you might be grateful for.
Begin to bring your awareness to your breath.
As you inhale and as you exhale,
And the fact that each of these breaths gives you life.
Then become aware of your heart beating,
Pulsing,
Filling with love and compassion and peace and flowing that back out.
Bring your awareness to your eyes that let you see color,
Faces,
Smiles,
Nature,
The sunrise and the sunset,
Rainbows,
The moon and the stars,
Yourself in the mirror.
Bring your awareness to your ears that beam in sound,
Music,
Laughter,
The voices of those you love,
The silence,
The beautiful sounds of life.
Bring your awareness to your nose that smells the ocean breeze,
The aroma of sweet perfume,
The flowers,
The trees,
Newly cut grass,
The wafting smells that come from the kitchen,
Cupcakes in the oven.
Bring your awareness to your hands that hold and touch and caress and open and close and applaud and squeeze,
The arms and shoulders that carry and hug and lift and stretch,
The feet and toes,
The gift to wiggle them,
They transport you so you can walk,
Run,
Dangle,
Dance,
Kick,
Leap and point.
Learn about your tears,
Your sorrows and the strength that you seem to be able to muster to make it through each day.
Bring your awareness to your abundance,
Your expansion,
Your evolution,
Your perspective shifts to empathy and love and light and your ability to see growth and potential in every moment.
Now just breathe and feel more grace and ease.
Now experience the warmth,
Love and compassion that gratitude brings into your heart.
Drift your awareness to nurturing relationships in your life,
The new ones and the older ones,
To material things that came to you unexpectedly,
Things that flow to you with great effort and commitment and hard work.
Think of love in your life and your connection to those things that are sweet and loving and honorable and just feel right.
When we no longer take life for granted,
We become grateful for everything that we have.
Now just breathe and feel this flow.
Now experience the warmth,
Love and compassion that gratitude brings into your life,
The new ones and the older ones,
To material things that come to you with great effort and commitment and hard work.
When you feel ready,
Start to bring gentle movement into fingers and toes.
Take a big breath in through the nose,
Open the mouth and let it go.
When you feel ready,
Begin to gently flutter the eyes open,
Taking the warmth and compassion cultivated by gratitude with you into the rest of your day.
Namaste.
