Hi friends,
Welcome to this gratitude meditation.
Sometimes I call it a gratitude reset or gratitude play.
Because we're playing with the bulls here.
And not only are we going to be offering.
Many bits of gratitude.
But you'll also be receiving a sound protocol that helps you relax and reset.
So often I come to this practice if I'm having a rough day and I know.
That I need to shift my perspective.
I'll sit in moments of gratitude.
So already tune into your breath,
Please.
We'll do a sound check.
While I also invite.
.
.
How we're going to do this.
Sometimes it's best to have a headset for this sound practice.
And just see what you need.
You can be seated or lying down.
Already following your breath.
Relaxing any tensions that can go right now.
The practice will be in a moment.
With every sound of the bowl.
We invite something we're grateful for.
And if it's a long held sustained tone,
We can sit in the essence.
Of that which we're grateful for.
But in this protocol,
Sometimes the bowls go quickly.
So we have to rattle off really quickly that which we're grateful for.
That's why I say it's gratitude play.
Big inhale.
And full exhale.
And one more suggestion.
If we're coming into this.
From that rough day,
It might be hard to find something we're grateful for.
Sit in gratitude for your inhale.
Then your exhale.
Every bowl I play.
So.
Are you ready?
Find that comfortable posture.
Soften your gaze.
Relax your jaw.
And here's our first bit of gratitude.
Can be the simplest thing like having a blanket around you.
Shelter.
Can be material like your car is running today.
Perhaps you have a pet.
Coming into the ease of your inhale as you can.
And a longer exhale.
Om Shanti Om And shanti is that essence of peace that the gratitude practice can often bring us.
You Thank you.
Shandiyo.
And here,
As all of the vibrations merge,
The harmonics,
Almost like an embrace of the essence of.
.
.
The gratitude practice.
Long inhale.
And a full exhale.
I'd like to do one more round very quickly.
So maybe even all on one breath.
We say seven or eight things we're grateful for.
Are you ready?
Here we go.
Again,
Embracing in that essence.
Even smiling.
Feel that long inhale.
And the slow exhales.
Continue to follow the sound.
And with the sound of the bells,
We'll draw this practice to a close and hope that it continues throughout your day.
So a nice inhale again.
Cleansing exhale.
I'll do two more.
Another long inhale.
Smile on the exhale.
Even if we don't mean it,
That smile helps.
One more long,
Full-bodied inhale.
And that exhale.
Thank you so much.
Have a blessed day or evening.