1262 Gratitude
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2017
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Gratitude begins with the present moment.
This is part 1 of a 7-Part How to Practice Gratitude, Episodes 1262-1268.
As always, you don't have to do the meditation techniques -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation.
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*a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique
*a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating.
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**All of the information shared on this podcast is for your enjoyment only. Please don't consider the meditation techniques, herbal tea information or other information shared by Mary Meckley or any of her guests as a replacement for any kind of medical or psychological treatment. That being said, please enjoy any peace, energy or clarity you may experience as you meditate!
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max. Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better. |
| 0:08.0 | Like sneaking some chili into the gravy for some extra oimp or build in a playlist that will even get your |
| 0:14.8 | nann up on the table or just cracking open an ice cold Pepsi Max. |
| 0:20.1 | Christmas. Better with Pepsi Max. |
| 0:25.0 | This is episode 1, 262. |
| 0:28.0 | Welcome to the Daily Meditation Pot- and |
| 0:37.0 | welcome to the daily meditation podcast and welcome to the launch of a brand new series where we explore for this entire week gratitude. |
| 0:50.3 | And this is the week of Thanksgiving if you live in the United States, like I do. |
| 0:58.3 | On Thursday we will be celebrating a holiday of gratitude called Thanksgiving. |
| 1:05.0 | And so this is a series in honor of |
| 1:10.0 | Thanksgiving and feeling grateful for your life exactly as it is. |
| 1:19.0 | Throughout this series in each episode you'll discover a meditation technique you can do when you meditate. |
| 1:30.2 | You can also do these techniques as you go about your day, whether you're seated meditating or not. |
| 1:39.4 | So you can take these techniques off your meditation cushion and into the most stressful part of your day. |
| 1:52.0 | In today's episode, as we begin this series, |
| 1:57.0 | I'm going to share with you a meditation technique you can do today |
| 2:02.0 | to help you become aware of the present moment. |
| 2:09.9 | Because gratitude starts with awareness. because gratitude is in the present moment. It's where you take yourself away from the distractions, the dramas, whatever's going on, |
| 2:31.6 | and you allow your thoughts and your focus to settle and then you allow yourself to feel gratitude. So gratitude is a habit just like meditation is a habit. |
| 2:53.8 | And when you practice gratitude on a regular basis, |
| 3:00.8 | pretty soon it becomes a natural part of your life, just like meditation. |
| 3:08.0 | So it's kind of like when you go to bed at night, you brush your teeth, even if you come home after having a lot of fun, |
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