Mental Clarity, Day 1 How to Practice Gratitude
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Gratitude has the power to influence your mind and body.
This week, we launch into a meditation series to help you practice gratitude. Feeling grateful is considered to be one of the most important ways to improve all areas of your life. You'll be exploring ways to practice daily gratitude and you'll also discover how gratitude actually changes your brain. This is day 1 of a 7-day meditation series, How to Practice Gratitude, episodes 2691-2698.
YOUR WEEKLY CHALLENGE
You're Invited To Take Part In a Gratitude Project!
As you start your day, and end your day, focus on what you're grateful for.
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Day 1: Visualization
Day 2: Affirmation
Day 3: Breathing Technique
Day 4: Mudra Technique
Day 5: Chakra Technique
Day 6: Layer Meditation Techniques
Day 7: Reflection + Introspection
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All meditations are created by Mary Meckley and are her original content. Please request permission to use any of Mary's content by sending an email to Mary@sipandom.com.Let go of repetitive negative thoughts.
This week, you are invited to take part in an emotional healing journey. You'll be guided through 7-steps to heal your emotions. It's all too common to conceal your reactions to stressors in life and to neglect your emotions. This week, you'll be guided to honor your emotional state.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 2692 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Mary Mechley and I welcome you to a brand new series we're launching into this week. |
| 0:15.0 | A week long, you're going to explore how to practice gratitude and this comes by request |
| 0:24.0 | from a fellow meditator who wants to feel grateful for what she already has in her life. |
| 0:33.0 | So you're going to be guided this week with inspiration and techniques to help you feel grateful for your life |
| 0:45.0 | exactly as it is. |
| 0:49.0 | In today's episode, you're going to be guided in the very first meditation and this is going to help you focus on what you are grateful for. |
| 1:04.0 | This mental clarity will allow you to select a few qualities you'd like to focus on throughout the week. |
| 1:14.0 | And every day you have a challenge just as you do in every week's series. |
| 1:22.0 | This is a quest you go on every single day to go a little more deeply into the week's theme. |
| 1:30.0 | Well, you're going on a gratitude quest. |
| 1:35.0 | So I encourage you to start a gratitude project. |
| 1:40.0 | And if you could keep a journal, notice at the beginning of your day what you're grateful for as you start your day. |
| 1:50.0 | And at the end of every day, notice what you were grateful for that day. |
| 1:59.0 | So start and end your day with gratitude. |
| 2:04.0 | If you don't keep a journal, no worries. Simply reflect on what you're grateful for as you start the day. |
| 2:12.0 | You'll be surprised by how you seek out what you're grateful for. |
| 2:18.0 | And as you end your day, this is a beautiful ritual to help you sleep better |
| 2:25.0 | because you focus on the good things that happened throughout your day. |
| 2:30.0 | So that is your daily challenge. |
| 2:33.0 | Now with every single series, I know some series may speak to you more than others. |
| 2:39.0 | And I believe this will be a very popular series because there is a lot of research that shows how powerful gratitude can be to improve your mind and your body. |
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