Why I cultivate a practice of gratitude on a daily basis, and how it has shaped me living a better life 

First it’s important to understand that gratitude is not about pretending that everything is good. It’s about recognizing what already is - how blessed we already are. Shifting from the expectation mindset to the recognition mindset. 

“Nothing is due but everything is given” - with this we are not only ambitious and strong minded but there is an integration that can happen.

 

When we pause to celebrate, we give our nervous system the signal of safely and completion. We recognize that what we’ve done matters and we learn to trust more the process and the growth in itself.

 

Ways to cultivate it :

 

•⁠  ⁠Gratitude journal where everyday you drops one thing for which you give thanks and notice “the flow of life”

 

•⁠  ⁠Gratitude prayers (my practice) every night before bed I thank the higher forces for everything that is given to me, how my day went and highlight everything that made me feel good (encounters, situations, surprises, moments in nature, conversations, opportunities)

 

•⁠  ⁠Accountability buddy - find someone to whom you communicate on a daily/weekly/monthly basis what you notice if flowing in your life, what brings you peace and joy.

 

•⁠  ⁠Weekly analysis- what has this week taught you - turning the why is this happening to me to this is happening for me and reinforcing trust/faith.

 

•⁠  ⁠Feel it - connect to your body through your own touch, or breath, or just feeling into your heart notice the space present and how it feels. (Placing a hand over your heart works almost every time). 

 

•⁠  ⁠Take part in the gratitude challenge in November (yay) you’ll see how much the stories of others can touch you and create even more of that feeling into yourself- gratitude multiplies when it’s witnessed 

 

This not only helps you to create more safety within yourself and with yourself, but also literally strengthens neural pathways linked to optimism, focus, emotional regulation. Increased dopamine and serotonin! It’s a free training for our mental health that ripples into how the body opens and communicate back!!! 

 

Every November, we gather through the WhatsApp Group to remind and support each other to turn towards gratitude daily. Shifting your mind problems to solutions focused