Meditation on Gratitude. We continue our meditation series on cultivating gratitude. Today's meditation will layer all the different meditation techniques we've explored in this week's meditation series, including repeating an affirmation, doing a breathing technique, holding your hands in a mudra, focusing on your fourth chakra, and even an herbal tea to support you as you focus on gratitude. As always, you don't have to do the meditation technique -- 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. This is Part 6 of a 7-Part Meditation Series on Gratitude, Episodes 428-434. I created this week's meditation series while in Arizona where I'm right around the corner from the Grand Canyon. It's pretty hard to look at the Grand Canyon and not feel expansive. Six million years of the earth's evolution are exposed in layers of rock right before your eyes. When you contrast the expansiveness of the Grand Canyon with the moment in time you are living right now, it helps put the worries and cares of today into perspective. I'm pretty sure that's why people from all over the world crowd along the rim of the Grand Canyon peering down into the exposed history of the earth. For many of those people the Grand Canyon reminds them that the big issues they face today aren't so daunting when they consider the challenges they've managed throughout the whole of their life. But you don't have to travel to the Grand Canyon to gain perspective on your life. Cultivating gratitude can give you ongoing perspective on the value of your life. Gratitude has been know to improve health, heal relationships, increase wealth, cure depression and lay addictions to rest. Enjoy this meditation series on gratitude. In Sunday's meditation, Episode #428, I share Jack Kornfield's beautiful meditation on gratitude from his book, "The Art of Forgiveness, Loving Kindness and Peace." For Free Meditation Tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Sample from a selection of resources including: *a Free 100-Day Meditation Quest you can join *a Free Meditation Bundle to get started meditating *a Free Sleep Technique to Sleep Better *a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique *a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating. Resources: "The Art of Forgiveness, Loving Kindness and Peace," by Jack Cornfield Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.