The Power Of Gratitude Meditation

Today's practice is surrounding gratitude.

And I feel like it's really important that we touch into the understanding of the energy of gratitude as we approach the meditation.

My understanding of gratitude has evolved and shifted over time to really recognizing now that within me,

Within my heart space,

That gratitude really is the energy of completion,

The energy of full realization.

So as an example,

When we are grateful for something,

It's typically because it already exists in our life.

It is already present and we're simply placing attention on it and sharing appreciation for what exists.

And that beautiful energy of gratitude creates a ripple effect.

It creates an energetic field that attracts more of the same.

So when we are grateful for something,

When we really tap into that energy of gratitude,

We help to create more of the same.

So think about what this means in terms of creation.

So perhaps we're seeking to bring something into our life that we are not currently experiencing,

But we feel really called to.

One powerful practice is to act as if it is already so and to really engage with that energy of gratitude.

When we feel the energy of gratitude for something that we know and trust is on its way to us,

We invoke that energy of completion and we attract more of the same.

So it's a really powerful practice.

It's not just about appreciating what is.

It's also about creating and cultivating the conditions for it to arise and to multiply in our life.

So let's move into practice with that understanding and start to grow this energy of gratitude.

So take a comfortable seat of practice.

This could be done seated or laying down.

You can even do this driving or while journaling with eyes wide open.

Just taking a moment to tune in.

So the start of meditation is always about really landing in this present moment.

And one of the most powerful ways that we do this is by finding our way into the body.

So feeling into the physical experience of this moment.

Feeling your hips rooted down,

Pulling down towards the earth,

Grounding.

Feel a length in your spine.

Start to open up and align your energetic channels.

Your chakras start to align and it creates a lot more possibility for energy flow.

And land on your breath.

So notice your breath and how it naturally flows in and out.

Without needing to shift or change it in any way,

We simply become aware.

And this offers a portal into the present moment.

If it's available to you,

Softening the gaze or closing the eyes.

We start to shift our focus entirely inward.

Again,

If it is available to you.

If you're doing this practice with eyes open,

Simply allow awareness to continue to focus on breath.

And really feel yourself rooted down or grounded into the earth.

And move focus now into the heart space.

So continuing to focus on the breath with the breath focused in the heart.

So as you breathe in,

Breathe in through your nose and expand the heart space.

As you exhale,

Release and soften.

The heart shifts back towards the spine.

Inhale through the nose,

Fill the belly.

Expand the heart.

Exhale soften.

So every inhale expands and grows the heart space.

Every exhale softens.

Feel the release.

If you'd like you can place hands on heart if that helps you to focus.

Starting to invoke the energy of gratitude in the heart.

So as you inhale,

Draw gratitude into the heart.

Gratitude feels like appreciation,

Welcoming,

Acceptance,

Love,

Kindness.

Feel that warmth fill your heart space pouring in with every breath in.

Exhale to soften.

Inhale draw gratitude into your heart.

Inhale that warmth flooding your heart space.

Exhale and soften.

And if you'd like to bring in a color,

Bring in the color of pink,

Light pink or green to activate the heart chakra.

So inhale gratitude fill your heart space with the beautiful color pink or green.

Starting to really feel the energy of gratitude flood your body.

Starting in your heart space.

So as you inhale you grow that feeling of gratitude of appreciation in your heart.

And as you exhale allow that energy to spread out in all directions.

Moving out to fill your entire body.

So within your heart we have a second nervous system,

Second brain.

And this nervous system emits an electromagnetic field.

This is actually been found to be true.

So as we activate the heart center in this way,

Focusing our breathing in the heart and welcoming in gratitude,

Love,

Kindness,

Appreciation.

We start to activate coherence in the heart space.

And as we exhale and we start to feel that it's spread out through the body,

We're expanding that electromagnetic field.

So that energy of gratitude is filling the entire body.

So feel that fullness,

That appreciation,

That gratitude really starting to resonate throughout the entire body.

Two more deep breaths of growing appreciation,

Growing this energy of gratitude.

Then we'll start to focus attention on specific aspects of gratitude,

Those things that we wish to call into our life.

So continuing to breathe in this expansive way,

Filling the heart with every breath,

Invite you to bring up the experience of something that you feel very grateful for already in your life.

So something that already exists in your experience.

Could be a person,

It could be an experience,

Could be a memory.

Just consider what it is you are grateful for and really bring up the image of that,

The experience of that in your mind's eye.

Start to again activate that energy of gratitude in your heart.

So inhale,

Grow gratitude,

Drawing the image of this experience,

This person,

This thing that you are grateful for into your heart space to flood it with your energy of gratitude.

Having deep appreciation for what it is that you have received,

How it has positively affected your life.

And as you breathe here activating gratitude,

Consider how it has affected you.

How has this object of your gratitude positively influenced your life?

What has it brought you?

Has it brought you more connection,

More love,

Expansion,

Possibility?

Just notice how it has added to your life.

Continuing to breathe with this energy of gratitude,

Flooding your system with gratitude,

Appreciation.

And now consider how you contributed to this experience that you are grateful for.

Even if it's another person,

How did you contribute?

How did you welcome this person in?

How did you welcome this experience into your life?

What did you do?

How did you align yourself?

What energy did you embody that allowed this experience,

This person,

This thing to be part of you,

Something that you are so grateful and appreciative for?

Really starting to recognize your essential role in your experience.

Invoking the energy of gratitude as you turn it towards self,

As you recognize how important it is that you received,

That you welcomed in this experience of gratitude.

Continuing to grow gratitude in your heart space.

And as you exhale,

Allow that electromagnetic field to grow beyond your body,

Attracting more of the same.

Recognizing that as you share appreciation,

That you are magnetizing more of the same to you.

And one more deep breath here.

Continuing to breathe into your heart space.

Now I invite you to consider something that you would like to experience in your life.

Maybe something that you have been feeling for a while is really needed or desired.

Something that you feel called to welcome into your experience.

Continuing to bring this image,

This experience into form in your mind's eye.

What is it that you are drawing to you?

What is it that you are seeking to create?

Could be welcoming in a relationship,

Could be a new experience,

New job,

Abundance in terms of finances,

Anything is possible here.

Become really clear on what it is that you are seeking to bring into your experience,

Even if you have not experienced it before.

Visualize yourself in the experience receiving it.

And as you visualize yourself receiving it,

Feel the emotions of what it is like to receive what you desire.

Draw that image and that energy,

That emotion into your heart space.

Let's activate the energy of gratitude.

So inhale,

Expand gratitude,

Appreciation in your heart space.

Exhale,

Soften.

Inhale appreciation for that which you are drawing towards you,

That you are creating.

And feel the emotions and what it is like to fully realize this experience.

Feel so grateful for its achievement,

For it already being done.

Stay here for a few breaths that are really expansive.

We need to be in the energy of gratitude of full appreciation to activate this energy of completion.

So continue to breathe deeply here,

Activating gratitude,

Filling your entire body with appreciation for what it is that you desire.

Recognizing that as you invoke this gratitude,

That you are bringing the future into your present moment experience.

You are acting as your future self.

And this is really important because the mind,

The experience,

The quantum realm follows the body.

So when we invoke the energy of completion,

Of recognition that this is what we desire and it is already so,

We send powerful signals out to creation,

To the universe,

To our own mind that put us in direct alignment with what it is that we are seeking.

So inhale to feel how powerful it is to receive what it is that you have just created.

Be so grateful for its full realization.

And start to notice how it will and is positively affecting your life.

So see yourself in that experience and see how positively it is affecting your life.

So how is this experience of expanded finances or new relationship positively affecting your life?

And now recognize how you have contributed to this experience.

How have you contributed to this future reality that you have brought into your present?

How have you contributed to it in such a way that you have made it happen?

How have you acted,

Believed,

Felt?

Know this as your reality.

Continue to inhale and activate the energy of appreciation,

Of gratitude,

Of recognition,

Of love,

Of kindness.

Every exhale is starting to send out the electromagnetic field of this creation.

Drawing more of it to yourself.

Signaling to all those who come in contact with you,

To your own mind,

Your own experience,

That it is already so.

And surrender your creation now.

Know that you have brought it into being,

That now all you need to do is to continue to live into this appreciation,

Into this energy of fulfillment.

If your hands aren't already at heart center,

Draw them there now or focus your awareness there.

And offer yourself a blessing of gratitude for showing up in practice today.

For offering yourself this time of introspection,

Of sharing space and community,

And for giving yourself the gift of possibility.

Take three deep breaths here.

So inhale through the nose.

Audible exhale,

Sigh it out.

Inhale through the nose.

Exhale,

Feel yourself grounded.

Rooted down.

Inhale.

Exhale,

Sigh it out.

Feeling into the edges of your body.

Starting to visualize the space around you if your eyes are closed.

When you feel ready,

Blinking your eyes open,

Coming back into this space.

And starting to take in the images,

The lights,

The shadows around you with that same energy of gratitude,

With appreciation for all that is in your life.

So much abundance.

Really recognize the fullness of this.

It's easy to slip into a space of lack,

Of forgetting.

Gratitude really is the simple remembering of the fact that the universe conspires in our favor.

That everything in our life is designed to support us.