Welcome to Mindfulness Mode. I'm Bruce Langford. So good to have you with us today. And today I have a

meditation for you. And I did this meditation specifically for children, but you might enjoy it just as much,

even if you're not a child. I did it for a Facebook group called Keep Calm and Meditate with Your Kids.

And it's a live Facebook that goes up at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern.

And it's by Tamina Watson and Jigna Patel.

They put it up for their children.

And then they asked me to do a meditation, which I was happy to do.

And now I'm offering it to you. And it's called the gratitude tree. And the idea of a gratitude

tree is not new, but I kind of took this idea and put my own take on it. So, you know, the thing about gratitude is,

if we're truly focused on what we're grateful for, then we cannot be thinking about stresses

and anxieties. It kind of clears that part of our mind out. So it's very important to,

you know, have a gratitude journal. Maybe you

already do. But having a gratitude journal can help you a lot with your anxiety and it can help you

move forward in times of stress and times of crises like we're experiencing right now. So I encourage

you to just sit back, relax,

and enjoy today's special meditation called the Gratitude Tree.

So just get comfortable wherever you are and get ready because we're going to do this little

meditation. Just make yourself as comfortable as you can and begin to notice your breath and

take a deep breath, take a deep breath in and let it slowly out just so that you're comfortable,

just so that you're taking in just so that you're taking in enough air, that you're

feeling relaxed and comfortable.

Let's breathe in again and just let it out comfortably.

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