Gratitude Meditation

Studies show that a gratitude practice can help improve sleep, increase self-esteem, reduce stress and strengthen relationships. 

To prepare for this gratitude practice set a timer for 5 mins. Take a few breaths in through the nose and out through the mouth. Feeling the movement of your breath as it enters and exits the body. Feeling the rise and fall of the body with every inhale and exhale.  After several rounds of conscious breathing let go of controlling your breath.

Now begin to list, with feeling, all the things that you are grateful for in your life, big and small.  On each inhale silently say ‘I am grateful for….’ and then exhale, release and let it go. Continue until the time is up and then sitting in silence reflect on how the practice has made you feel.