Begin by sitting in a relaxed and comfortable upright posture.
Close your eyes and draw your attention inward.
Allow your shoulders to relax.
Bring your attention to your breath and allow your breath to be long and deep.
Breathing in through the nose and out through the nose.
With every breath,
Allow your body to relax even further.
Breathing in and out through the nose.
Your breath is long and deep.
Then direct your attention to your heart center in the middle of your chest.
And imagine breathing in and out through your heart center.
Continuing to allow your breath to be long and deep.
In and out through your heart center.
Your body is relaxed.
As you keep your focus on your heart center,
Bring to mind a time in your life where you felt a deep,
Deep sense of gratitude and appreciation.
Any time in your life where you felt that deep,
Deep sense of gratitude and appreciation.
Bring that time in your life to mind right now.
Really focusing on all the details of that time.
Feeling that deep sense of gratitude and appreciation.
Notice as you focus on the details of that moment in time,
How the sensation of appreciation and gratitude begins to grow within you.
Really continue to focus on that sensation of gratitude and appreciation.
All the details of that time as if you were there right now.
Experiencing that moment right now.
Feeling all of that gratitude and appreciation well up inside you.
Notice as you continue to focus on this moment,
How that warmth of gratitude and appreciation just wells up.
And builds in your heart center.
Continue to focus on that moment and allow that sensation to grow and just overflow into every cell of your being.
Allowing your breath to be long and deep.
Really focusing on all the details of that moment.
Allowing yourself to really be in that moment.
Allowing yourself to really feel that deep,
Deep sense of gratitude right now.
Notice how it might bring a smile to your face.
Really feel those emotions of appreciation as if you are basking in the energy of gratitude.
Really allowing those sensations of appreciation and gratitude to flow through your whole being.
Allow your body to bask in the energy of gratitude and appreciation.
Your breath continues to be long and deep.
Continuing to focus and bring all your attention to all the details of this moment as if it were happening right now.
Really feeling that deep sense of gratitude.
Allowing your whole body to resonate with the energy of gratitude and appreciation.
Continuing to breathe deeply and slowly.
Allowing your breath to be filled with the energy of gratitude.
Feeling every detail of that moment right now.
Allowing your entire being to fill with the emotions of gratitude and appreciation.
Slowly bring your attention back to your heart center.
Notice the warmth and appreciation that surrounds you.
Continuing to breathe long and deep through your heart center.
Take in a long,
Deep breath and exhale.
Take a long,
Deep breath and exhale it out.
Bringing your attention back to your body.
When you are ready,
You may open your eyes.
