Gratitude meditation

The ability to value one’s surroundings and current events, to thank God for them brings peace and happiness to a person. If you are unhappy with your life and complain about the vicissitudes of fate, then gratitude meditation will fundamentally change your beliefs.

Meditative techniques of gratitude help a person to notice all the positive aspects of life, find peace of mind and calm. The ability to express sincere gratitude for everything that happens in life instills an inner confidence in a person, gives motivation for new achievements. A person gains the ability to rejoice in any minor events, to find the pluses in negative facts. This eliminates the negative.

Daily meditation leads a person to positive results:

• quality of life improves;
• set goals are easily achieved;
• the way out of a difficult situation is quickly found;
• The emotional background is aligned;
• stress resistance increases;
• depression and apathy are forever gone;
• the ability to find advantages in unpleasant situations is acquired;
• communication with others brings joy, ease, ease and pleasure;
• comes the realization that you need to live here and now.

The simplest meditation is “Water Flow”Animates a minimum of time. You need to choose a comfortable position and focus on inhaling and exhaling. Deep and even breathing should last several minutes. Then you need to remove muscle tension and relax to the maximum.Next, you need to imagine yourself on the shore of a quiet lake, imagine its vastness and water surface, to feel complete calm.

After the pacification in the soul begins, thank God for your life, destiny and for all that you have. Do not forget to mentally thank all the people who were once near you, and those who are present in your life.

The second technique, “The Gratitude Diary” aims at fixing in memory pleasant moments of life, the ability to notice the beautiful in everyday life. Experts recommend every day before going to bed to write in a notebook all the events for which you are grateful to the Universe. Focus your attention on the past day, try to mentally relive all the wonderful moments. It is necessary to fix at least 5 points on the sheet.

After that, an evening gratitude meditation should be given. In the morning, you need to read everything again, for which you thank yesterday. Morning thanks meditation practice positively sets for the coming day.

The next meditation includes both of the previous techniques. It is called "Gratitude in silence." To do this, first in a secluded place, first record about 7-10 events for which you are grateful to fate. Then they recommend sitting on a chair or on the floor in a lotus position. Straightened shoulders and back should not be strained. Keep your head straight. Fold your hands on your knees, close your eyes and completely relax all your muscles.

Then you need to feel how peace fills the body. Then focus on your deep and even breathing. After aligning your breathing process, focus on your gratitude. Say out loud everything for which you are grateful to God.

There is an effective technique for thanking the universe. Mentally collect all your sensations into a single golden ball and send it to the Universe. In this way, cosmic energy can be attracted. Feel how the ball, which has absorbed your love and gratitude, grows and fills the entire space around you. This powerful energy of the Universe envelops you and your loved ones. Thank God with all your heart for all that you have at the moment.

At the end of the meditation practice, one should calmly sit and try to enjoy the feeling of complete peace and happiness. Man comes into harmony with the universe and himself. In conclusion, it is necessary to once again say the words of gratitude to the universe.

The meditative technique of gratitude is recommended to be carried out in bed before going to bed. It is necessary to take a comfortable pose, close your eyes, relax all muscles, focus on the breathing process. Then you need to imagine yourself lying next to a magical river, the rapid course of which you clearly feel. First you need to mentally thank your parents, other family members, friends, colleagues. Then it’s worth expressing gratitude to God for everything that happened to you over the past day.

Experts give the following tips for conducting a gratitude meditation before going to bed:

• concentrate on pleasant moments of the day: waking up from the trill of birds, warm rain, the aroma of blooming lilacs, the report submitted on time, the upcoming promotion on the career ladder, visiting an interesting museum, a delicious dinner with friends;
• think about what brings you joy, what you want most in life, and what you would forever painlessly refuse;
• find positive points in an unpleasant situation that has happened, think about whether it can be turned in the right direction.

When gratitude becomes a part of a person’s life, new opportunities appear for creating conditions for his comfortable existence. The following actions of the subject are brought closer to this state:

• daily stay in the fresh air, communication with nature;
• gratuitous acts that help those in need and heal the soul of a person who wants to share her gratitude with others;
• a manifestation of love for people and giving gifts to loved ones and relatives without any reason;
• maintaining a healthy lifestyle, in which the rejection of bad habits, balanced nutrition and physical activity clear your mind and fill your life with positive.

Meditative techniques of gratitude do not take much time in a person, but bring great benefits. There are some secrets that help you achieve maximum effect. For meditation, it is important to find a quiet and comfortable room. It is necessary to block all extraneous sounds reaching. For this, headphones are used, from which an easy, quiet melody can sound.

Need to wear comfortable clothesnot restricting the body. Visualizing yourself in your favorite outfit and comfortable shoes instills calm and confidence in a person. At the same time, you need to imagine your freshened face with a beautiful hairstyle. In this case, all your movements acquire decisiveness and confidence. And you yourself immediately begin to feel prudence and wisdom.

Skill is of no small importance. completely relax. Sit comfortably or lie down. It is necessary to relax each muscle, take deep breaths and exhale for several minutes. It is best to imagine yourself on the river bank in these moments. Imagine that you inhale fresh cool air, observe the flow of a river. During the meditation exercises, it is important to experience a feeling of deep gratitude to the surrounding landscape, life, family and friends.

During the execution of thankful techniques, you should not ignore even the smallest joys and pleasant trifles. You need to thank every minute of your life. Learn to enjoy everything: a new day, a roof over your head, delicious food, invigorating morning coffee, birdsong, good weather, green spaces around your home, every small stream, chatting with people.