Welcome to Take Care Coaching Guided Meditation.
Today we will practice a gratitude meditation.
Practicing gratitude can lower your stress since it helps reframe your perspective by encouraging you to see and appreciate all that you have.
To start the meditation,
Make sure you are in a comfortable position you can maintain for a while.
Have your back naturally straight but not rigid.
You're welcome to close your eyes or keep them slightly open.
Begin a mindful check in and notice how you are feeling right now in this moment.
Notice how your body feels.
Notice any tightness or tension.
Now bring your attention to your breath.
Breathing in,
You are aware you are breathing in.
Breathing out,
You are aware you are breathing out.
As you relax more into this space,
Think about something for which you are truly and deeply grateful.
Perhaps what comes to mind are your family and friends or maybe your health.
Once you have what you are grateful for in your mind's eye,
Think about where you can feel that in your body.
Does your heart feel lighter?
Do you feel like you have more energy?
Allow your body to relax more at the thought of what you are thankful for.
Breathing into this feeling of gratitude.
Now we'll flash through moments in your life that bring you gratitude every time you think of them.
Think now on peak or best experiences in your life so far.
What comes to mind?
How does your body feel thinking about these moments?
Just end feelings of gratitude for having these amazing experiences.
Next,
Think about your proudest moment in life.
If you had to think of one word to summarize that moment,
What would you say?
Now feel gratitude for having this proud moment.
Next,
Think about what brings a smile to your face every time you think about it.
Notice how your body feels.
Now extend gratitude for whatever it is that makes you smile.
As you bring your awareness to these wonderful experiences you've had in your life,
Feel your feelings of gratitude grow.
Really lean into it.
Enjoy the feeling.
When we look back on experiences for which we are grateful,
We become thankful for everything that we have.
Just breathe now and feel this flow of appreciation and gratitude.
I encourage you for this week to choose three things daily for which you are truly grateful.
Perhaps write them down in a gratitude journal.
When you're ready,
You can start to deepen your breathing.
Just move your fingers and toes.
When you're ready,
You can gently blink your eyes open and take a stretch if you need to.
Thank you for meditating with Take Care Coaching.
Have a great rest of your day or evening.
Take care.
