A Gratitude and Intention Meditation

Gratitude

This was perfect for my morning; exactly what requires my attention and helps me set my focus

Ok so I did this at night (4am bc I’m a night owl but hey maybe technically morning?) It’s great!

I should do this in the morning haha. But still a great podcast (?).

I spaced out a few times and wasn’t able to concentrate.

Be grateful, and reflect on yesterday’s grateful Moments and it will lift into happiness

Gratitude and Mindfulness

There is so much to be grateful for, I have but to use my senses to appreciate it. Namaste

Awareness

I noticed the young spring animals and beautiful bird songs that greet me each morning and pay attention to the subtle nuances in nature that make me smile and appreciate the simple beauty that surrounds me.

Cada paso del camino

Cada paso del camino cuenta, no es necesario llegar anun destino X para ser feliz, me estaría perdiendo del camino, que es maravilloso, no debo llegar a ningún lugar, la felicidad, amor y belleza están aquí ahora.

Enjoying the breath

I learned that following the cadence of my breath can be relaxing for me. And it made me notice when I became too tight in my breathing as well. I hope to use this t cynosure later today during my writing sessions.

grateful

i love everything around me. i appreciate everything people do for me or give to me. being grateful is the key to happiness.

Gratitude and love

I am grateful for my life my breathe and my home and this gift of time to see and be thankful for it all.

Self awareness

I felt happy thinking of things I love and appreciate. I feel ready to start my day with positive thoughts in mind.

Learning Gratitude

I like the idea of moments of bliss that find me. This happens when I seek to focus on gratitude.

Gratitude and the sacred truth

I am grateful for the joy of my children. I agree I need to be grateful for all that is around me rather than continually wanting and planning for more. A good intention for the day. Namaste

Gratitude and appreciation

I’m grateful for my house, my partner, our pets. I appreciate myself.

Amazed

I noticed that rushing ours life is so wrong , we want to look /feel young and beautiful, but key to this feelings it’s not saying how everything sucks , we need to learn how to appreciate every single time with our children/parents /friends , that is so important, I’m so happy that I found how meditation and gratitude is beneficial even if I am only 19 !!!

Feelings do not always represent reality

I learned that feelings are only that: feelings. They do not necessarily represent the truth. Just because we felt lonely or unloved at times in our lives does not mean we were alone at that time or that many people did not love us. Picturing those I know care about me in my mind filled my heart with love and gratitude. Such gifts!!! So nice that our pets were included in list of those that love us.

Reflections

I learned how I should start my day. I also learned that I need to be more mindful of what I am grateful of and really understand the thinks I love vs the things I like.

Finding the stillness

Preparing for a busy day filled with people to relate to and things to do, trying to get to the peaceful center to anchor my intentions. Namaste

Gratitude

I, personally, didn’t find this meditation to be something I could focus on. For me, and mind you this is my humble personal experience, it felt more like a lecture about what gratitude could do for you rather than a meditation of gratitude.

Gratitude

I did not like this one it felt like it was going in forever and I could not focus

Gratitude

Couldn’t focus on this one, there didn’t really seem to be any point to it and there wasn’t much of an exercise.

always find something to be grateful for

I learned that you should always try to find something to be grateful for—even if it’s something small or seemingly insignificant. If it makes your heart happy, then be grateful for it. Maybe it would be best to write down what you feel grateful for every day? This practice could positively impact your whole day!

grateful

this mediation really opened my eyes and it was so enjoyable

Mindfullness brings gratitude

Be present, be mindful, be aware, be observant, be grateful, BE.... We are so busy we miss the present that life gives us. Be still in the present and you will find the Present (Gift).

Gratitude always

I'm forever grateful for my life. You don't realize how you take the day-to-day living (yes, even the stresses!) for granted until everything gets turned upside-down on you! I appreciate even mornings like this, where everyone in the house was busy and out/up late last night, making everyone late for all the various morning things today. Best I can say? I AM PRESENT!

Live my life

I learn that gratitud make me appreciate my life. My family, my boyfriend, my friends they are my happiness My house is my home And my life is what i make and i fell great with it

Morning

Personally, I notice how my perspective in life changes when I'm grateful.

Day 2 - 7th of November 2018

I felt really sleepy after this sessions so I would recommend not doing it in the morning

Relaxing AF when stress hits

Relaxing when trying to stabilize my unstable mind and just......overall relaxing. 6:23am 11-15-2018

Good One!

I like most of her meditations because they're focused on love and gratitude for myself and life in general. This meditation set me off on a good path of appreciation and gratitude for my day that is just beginning today. It made me think about how grateful I am for my new potential client and my new potential abundance. Namste, have a blessed day.

Slowly learning

Learning gratitude does create bliss. We spend most of our time unable to be thankful for what we have and needing more. I will try to continue to practice gratefulness.

Void

I felt isolated from all the stress that was in my mind and experienced a state of void where I could feel nothing but my deep breath.. Felt good

Morning meditation

Great way to start the day! I did this meditation while eating my breakfast and practiced grattitude by appreciating the food I was eating in my beautiful appartment . Thank you. 🙏🏻☺️

Morning mediation

I learned that taking a few extra minutes in the morning to have a mindful minute is very beneficial and just what I need! Great way to start my day! Definitely need to start my day like this everyday. Everyone could benefit from doing this every morning, it starts the day out right. I’m grateful for so much in my life and today I’m grateful I woke up a little earlier to be able to do this to start my day off. I will be doing it from now one 🧘🏼‍♀️🥰

Reminded

Its always nice to be reminded to be grateful even for the small things in life.

Dread and worry for Christmas

Had this session two months ago; feeling the same amount of gratitude for the same people and situations in my life now. As always, for my beautiful wife of twenty years, laying here beside me this morning before getting prepared to go to work today, to keep our family somewhat afloat. She works SO HARD for us! And asks so little really! I’m satisfied in my new role as support guy to her, making certain that she has as little “extra” to do as possible, so she can work to support the family. However, I am in utter dread over the current state of the family finances. Also stepping up the amount and types of mental health care I’ll be receiving from here on out. Apparently, I’ve outgrown what my current therapy team is able to provide me, so I’ve been referred out to a different type of therapist and an actual psychiatrist...looks like I’ll end up medicated after all. Had my first session with the psychiatrist yesterday, and she’s already looking to medicate me! Not really what I wish to do, but she describes it more like taking supplements than psychotropic drugs, and I can get on board with that I suppose! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Day Sixteen

This meditation is very different from the ones we usually see on here. Different in a good way though!

gratitude

i found myself leaning into this meditation, it felt grounding and like my spirit had been renewed. i feel myself becoming a much happier person daily through mediations.

Distracting

I found the music on this meditation incredibly distracting. I couldn’t focus at all.

Graduate

I learned that you need to stop every once in a while and appreciate where you are and the things you’re grateful for.

Vibrate hughrr

Changing your mindset to focus on gratitude in your life humble you, and allow you to stay positive.

Thank You, Dorothy

I listened to Dorothy’s meditation this morning and I’m so pleased that I chose this meditation on gratitude. I needed to begin my day with this feeling, which has been elusive for several days. My daughter’s surgery has been moved up and is to be more extensive than we thought and my dad is in the hospital with 3 broken bones. I did not sleep much and this morning I needed to feel gratitude. I do now. There is always much to be grateful for. Thank you, Dorothy. 🙏🏻Namaste🙏🏻

Aligning myself with the good...

...not the bad! I'm striving each day to see the good present in my life, despite all the set-backs my massive stroke brought about! I AM NOT a victim! I AM a survivor!

Re-alignment

Good intention to use gratitude to align with what is good and true. Namaste

I am so grateful that I am able to travel with my best friends and make beautiful memories.

when I am sad I will try to think of this I wish I had healthier relationships then what I do.

Grateful

I am grateful that although sometimes I complain about joints and body parts like my knees hurt I still have the ability to walk and exercise.

Gratefulness

Sometimes we preoccupy ourselfs and stress about things that are simple or not so important. We forget the little things in life that really matter. We forget to be grateful for them. There are people out there that would be very happy to have the kind of life we do. We must never forget that.

Grateful

I learned how happiness comes directly from gratitude. I feel happy.

Gratitude radiating

So much to appreciate, so much to be thankful for. It’s good to take a few minutes to get focusing a positive direction. Namaste

Gratitude

Great start to my morning as I fill myself with positivity. Gratitude will always lead to a more positive mood.

Blessed

Yesterday I went to a very nice place called El Nevado de Toluca with some friends. I ran there. I felt free, blessed, so loved by God... thanks Aura for reminding me that I have so many things to be thankful for. Thanks God for my life.

A morning meditation

This was a great meditation to kickstart my day and my morning routine.

“Gratitude Aligns...

...Your attention with all that is good...” and all we desire. I Love this concept. Enough said. 💕

Looking...

This is one of the few meditations that I have done with my eyes open (as Dorothy suggests). I was amazed how I was able to find something to be grateful for in every thing I took the time to look at. I actually created gratitude just by looking at a plant & thinking about the oxygen it was creating for my home or the ceiling fan that can cool me when it is needed. Simple, everyday things can become a source of gratitude that then boost our vibrations to a higher state & help make the world a little brighter for ourselves & those around us. Thank you Dorothy for your simple yet powerful suggestions! ❤️☮️🍀

Blessed

Gratitude is a pathway to happiness. Finding out what we are grateful for is practicing mindfulness. If we practice mindfulness, we can focus on the positive that is our lives. With my eyes open, I began to look around my surroundings. I noticed a new flower on a gladiolus that had just bloomed this morning. The plant needed just the right amount of sunlight, just the right amount of temperature and just the right amount of moisture to produce a flower off of its stalk. The flower is so perfect, the petals gleaming with red and inviting bees to pollinate. I am very grateful for seeing such beauty in my surroundings. Further into the meditation, Dorothy asked me what is it that I appreciate. I gazed over at my mom, as she was playing her word game not knowing that I was looking at her. I could see that she was concentrating trying to figure out what the next word was. My heart begin to beam with love and immense appreciation for her. She has done so much for me these past few years of my life. I don’t know how to ever repay her, other than to show my gratitude and appreciation every single day for having such a wonderful and beautiful mother, such as she, in my life. I love her with all of my heart! Thank you Dorothy for such a powerful meditation and for opening my eyes to see how truly blessed I am! I recommend everyone to listen to this! Namaste! 🙏🏻❤️😊

Gratitude

Every morning I look forward to thinking of one thing I’m most grateful for. This has become a routine for me but this meditation reminded me of its importance. This morning I was grateful for my sleep in and waking up with my little girl by my side. Nothing can compare to these moments. No matter how bad or negative things may feel around me, there is always something to appreciate.

Gratitude,....

I learned that taking a moment in the morning to. Think about the things you are grateful for helps your mind focus on the good things in life,..... Too many mornings, I have myself sitting on the back deck, sipping my coffee, waiting for my family to wake up. And during these morning moments, I would start thinking about all the things my family and I had to accomplish. Unfortunately, my mind would begin focusing on all the things we hadn’t finished, and I would start getting worked up. And by the time my wife and kids would get up and join me, I would be the biggest raging asshole,...... But today, for the first time, I took the time to think about all the things I’m thankful for, and it has left me feeling quite content,.....

I learned that I need to spend more time being grateful for the good aspects of my life than being stressed over the bad.

Stress and Gratitude

Sometimes stress is just a reminder that gratitude in the moment is a perfect attitude adjustment. There is power in gratitude. It opens my heart.

Gratitude

My says “Don’t stay focused on what can go wrong. Actually look at what could go right.” While things may not be perfect or ideal, I am so thankful for so much in my life & no bad day or week should take that from me. So I say for anyone who reads this, find something you’re grateful for each day & watch how it transforms you.

Mindfulness is a form of Self-care

Mindfulness, meditation, exercise....all of these things which my mind can distort into just another “thing” to do, are all just forms of self care and love. If I take care of and love myself I am infinitely a better father, husband, friend, son....human. It is easy to get off track. It is sometimes very difficult to get back on the train once it has derailed, but when you do...man the universe and god really reminds you of their power. Grateful to get back on the train today.

Morning meditation

Thank you, Dorothy. This session brought me appreciation and gratitude at a beautiful level as I sit on my patio feeling the wind on my face, listening to a soft rain shower with the scent of jasmine from my trees wafting on the breeze. I am blessed in so many ways. A wonderful way to begin the day 🙏

pretty good

I learned that theere are alot of things around me better than my crush😂

A Morning Meditation

It was wonderful to begin today with this gratitude mediation. It was good to be reminded that if your mind is filled with gratitude, it cannot be anywhere else.

Simple gratitude

I was feeling disappointed in myself this morning and just doing this short meditation has lifted my mood & shifted my focus. Having my eyes open to look around at what I am grateful for made me realise how blessed I am for the simple things: a roof over my head, a warm dressing gown and mug of coffee to start my day, sharing my home and life with my companion furkids. What a wonderful way to start the day to acknowledge all that I have to be grateful for and it far outweighs anything that I felt to be disappointed about.

Gratitude

Such a simple practice, but powerful nonetheless. I am grateful first for waking up today, for my ability to breathe freely, with all my senses alive, with a mind that can think clearly. I am grateful for the comforts of home, with food on the table and family to share it with. Gratitude has the power to wipe out sorrow, even anxiety, and to replace them with a sense of awe and contentment. 🙏🏻

Gratitude

I absolutely LOVE this track. It’s very uplifting & I feel like a lot of people should take the time out to be thankful for what they have. Too many times we focus on what we don’t have. Lets all take a moment to realize the good that’s in our lives. Even if it doesn’t fix all your problems it’s at least a start.

Gratefulness = Happiness

I learned that in order to experience happiness, we should learn how to be grateful of each and every moment of our present lives, no matter how small we think it seems. The cold rushing of air, birds tweeting, people smiling, children laughing. All these things that are happening in our surroundings or are being experienced by us firsthand, are reasons to be grateful for and be happy about. Thank you for the wisdom. Namaste

Simple Pleasures

With my eyes open I am taking in all of my surroundings sitting in my living room. My dog Bear is laying right next to me. The sun is shining through my window which I am grateful for on this chilly morning. I am enjoying a cup of coffee and the scent of eucalyptus is filling the air. All of these things are simple pleasures that make me smile. I am content in this moment. Nothing is missing. When we start our day with a feeling of gratitude, it helps to set the tone for our day. It gives us a feeling of being thankful for what life is offering to us at this moment. This meditation is a wonderful uplifting way to start the day. I really enjoyed the background music. Wishing all of you a day filled with gratitude!🙏💕

🤍🧘🏽‍♀️💤

today during my mindfulness meditation 🧘🏽‍♀️... i felt pretty relaxed. motivated to have a better day. i learned that naming the things in which we are grateful for that day is a great way to shift your energy into having that positive mind frame just to better your chances of the outcome of your day. with this lesson i did notice my body completely tried to release any tension and my whole energy from my emotions switched over from hyper-active, to calm and semi relaxed 😌 i enjoyed it very much 🙏🏽

Gratitude

Starting the day with gratitude will help you appreciate all the little things that often go unnoticed. It will help set a positive tone for your day. This meditation has become one of my favorite go-to in the morning. I love the upbeat background music along with Dorothy’s guidance. As I sit on my couch in my living room this morning, I am grateful for... -Good health - Coffee - Listening to the beautiful sounds of the wind chimes blowing in the breeze outside - My dog Bear snuggled next to me -Feeling content in this moment May your day be filled with gratitude.🙏

I was lost in loss,

This was a soothing medication, it reminded me to gaze at the beautiful tree outside my window, and my gorgeous 14 yr old cat 🥰

Seeing small gifts reaps a big reward

I learned that we can find a visceral and uplifting gratitude in everyday things. Taking time to recognize what supports and comforts me in my everyday space (my furry blanket, the rich and serene blue of my walls, the scent of my candles) reminds me of my true life’s blessing: The power to use my breath to focus on what is good The power to change, in one moment, my outlook and my whole vibration. For this lifelong blessing I am eternally grateful.

Positivity

How can you not have a smile on your face when you look around and think of all the things that make you happy and that you are great full for. Smiles are contagious so spread the positivity.

04/08/20

I need to start the day with gratitude and lower my expectations of others which gets in the way more than anything in my life. I am being critical of Steve

Morning meditation

I found myself not being able to focus too much but when I did I found myself being grateful for my family. My parents, siblings, and my siblings’ partners. The meditation asked what we saw, I saw my plants. I am grateful for them. Grateful that they clean my oxygen everyday and night. I do love them and care for them very much. This part where I write settles me and makes me appreciative of the small and little things. Namaste.

Tuesday Morning Gratitude

I feel grateful for my no rush mornings, snuggling with Jethro and Abby under my covers in my bed.

Gratitude

I have reflected on how much I’m thankful for and how much gratitude I have for them

Monday Morning Gratitude

This was the third meditation I completed this morning, and the one in which I finally felt I was able to take deep, purposeful breaths to begin my day today.

Gratitude 5/9

I felt gratitude for being able to take off of work to come to Galveston for a family vacation with all of my siblings. I love my husband and my daughter.

Tuesday, March 26, 2020

Gratitude is an extremely powerful force when used in the best intentions for yourself and with open-mindedness to the good aspects of your life.

From dark to light

I was in a dark place last night and struggled to feel grateful for my relationship and life. This meditation was exactly what I needed to remind me. I’m so happy I took the time for myself this morning and recentered.

Eyes open

The instruction to have eyes open did not work for me. I felt very distracted and couldn’t follow. After a couple minutes, I closed my eyes and the rest of the session was a little better.

Needs a change of music/background noise

Couldn’t go through with this one - the music was not calming at all.

Home of Gratitude

I am grateful to have a home where I am able to spend quality time with my mother and best friend while in the presence of my grandmother and sister’s spirit.

Love and Gratitude

These two things are the most powerful things you will ever hear someone or even yourself say to others

It was bliss I can only hope the beautiful naked lady exiting the lagoon appears in my life

I’m thankful for my beautiful daughter headstrong like I and her children At least I achieved something

Align w good and beauty

A good intention for the day, to keep making continual adjustments throughout the day to seek out and gravitate toward the positive. Namaste

Gratitude

Gratitude puts in you space of gratefulness. You see the things that really make your life special. A good way to start the day reflecting on gratitude.

Loving life

So many bad things are happening this year, and it seems almost impossible to happy. This meditation made me realize there is so much to be grateful in life, all you have to do is be open to positivity. May everyone have a positive change in 2020! 😊

Gratitude

Made me appreciate what’s around me and for what I have. It forced me to think and focus on what I should be appreciating.

I felt nothing

Did not learn something new. I felt I needed more sleep, I wish not to go to work.

Grateful

I learned to be appreciative with everyone and everything around me and to just love life.

Still trying to relax

I am a little bit anxious with many thoughts running through my head today. This isn’t enough but it isn’t hurting me either. I’m not giving up.

Gratitude

I really got into appreciating the tree outside my window. A great way to wake up

Gratitude

I do have so much to be grateful for I like this, though my mind wandered a lot abd I didn’t sit up I want to like doing this.....will do this again later.

gratefulness

i loved this meditation. made me feel very present. I have so much to be grateful for. wish I would recognize that more often

Intention

What is in the present moment? Let your first moments in the morning be of gratitude and what is good

Today I am grateful for

In this moment, I am grateful to be awake and alive and breathing I am grateful to have this app available to improve by mindfulness. I am grateful for the beautiful day. I am grateful to have my grandmothers when chimes in my bedroom I am. I am grateful for the time I got to spend with her. I appreciate my family and all of their unique traits. I appreciate their support. I appreciate this meditation has made me feel much calmer, more focused, and ready for my day.

Noticing…

There is soooo… much to be grateful for that I do not have time to list it all; my house, my bed, my eyes to see it all, all my senses, my body as a whole, my brain to think with…. my voice, on and on … the list is endless !! Gratitude creates the right Attitude!! Choose to be Grateful & have a day full of Greatness. Namaste, 🙏🏼❤️🍀

Gratitude

I learned that I am blessed with love, space, job, ability and time to do the things I enjoy like weave. Mostly I am blessed by good health, knowledge, and love.

So Much

Grateful for so much, striving to live in gratitude through the day. Namaste

Journey

I am grateful for finding Aurora so I can begin my journey of self awareness and happiness. Thank you Aurora

LIFE IS WORKING FOR ME!!!!!

WHERE I AM IS WHERE I SHOULD BE. ALL IS WELL AND IS AS IT SHOULD BE

Tuesday

I leaned that I can make time to meditate each morning before work. Seven minutes to settle myself in the morning really helps to reframe my mind for the day.

Gratitude

Each morning when I do my gratitude affirmations I feel centred and fortified to face the day. Positive feelings help me start my day on the right foot.

gratitude

this meditation really inspired to me to start the day on the right foot. it inspired me to seek gratitude and appreciation on all things every day. beautiful 💓

Gratitude

Great inspiration to start my day! I fell so blessed that I found this app!

Great to start off day in a grateful energy ♥️

It’s better to start the day in a positive note and give yourself time to find things to be grateful for, before those negative thoughts try to come in.

Gratitude List

Today I am grateful for… Waking up feeling rested Mentally feeling good My body is healthy I have the day off Hot coffee Soft blankets My furkids My home Good friends Meditation practice The ability to learn something new My intention for the day will be to continue to focus on all the abundance I have in my life. Focusing on gratitude is one way we can create magic in our everyday lives.

Guiding…

Setting intentions is like plugging an address in your GPS. Knowing where you want to go (in life) you set it and then trust it to guide you along the way until you reach where you wanted to go. Not doing this is like “aimless wandering”… which by my mother taught me… “will get you nowhere!!” Makes sense to set it every morning, and evening, and at noon, and … you get the picture! ☸️❤️🍀

What I needed

Reminder to set my intentions and be grateful for all things, right now, in this moment. Excellent way to start the day.

A return to contentment….brief, but there.

Returning my thoughts to gratitude is helpful. I have much to be thankful for. My thoughts can drive my feelings instead of the other way around.

Grateful Heart

As we see and feel the heartache and destruction in today’s world, finding what is good in our life is imperative for our overall well-being. Gratitude is a way to notice that which is going well. As I used my senses to take in my surroundings, I saw plants, I heard the ticking of the hands on a clock, I smelled freshness from the wax burning in the warmer and I felt the clothes against my skin. I then closed my eyes and thought of something I was grateful for in that moment. I thought of my hands for they allow me to communicate, grip utensils and give a kind gesture to someone. I thought of something what I loved and appreciated. Books came to mind as they enrich my life with learning. My fur kids came to mind as they enrich my life with unconditional love. Filled with appreciation for what is going well in my life, I begin this glorious day with a grateful heart. It is going to be a beautiful day indeed! Might you embrace the superpower of gratitude?! It might just change your life! Namaste ❤️☮️😁🍀

Gratitude

Gratitude keeps your thoughts in the present and allows your mind to continue to find things to be grateful for

Mindset recharge

With the ugliness and fear in our world being amplified by the current conflicts we face..I’ve been finding it hard to focus on being grateful. Which is sad. Being an empath, I seem to be feeling the horrors very deeply and on a daily basis. This short meditation helped me this morning. My biggest takeaway? When Dorothy said Gratitude is a pure and nearly perfect state of Mindfulness to be in. And even for a moment, feeling that state of purity is so huge, so needed and such a blessing in itself. 🙏🏼🦋💙

I am listening to relaxing music to learn more about calming my mind

I’m listening to relaxing music to learn about calming my mind and yes it’s working and a lot of people are always commenting on my thoughts and I have noticed that when I meditate all the negative things just zap right out of my mind and positive thoughts come to my mind and I feel like I’m relaxing and just trying to stay a lot calm and at peace I pray lord give me peace and quiet I learned that when I meditate I hear the lord saying don’t cry I’ve got this and really just relaxing and trying to relax and be at peace is my only goal

Recentered

I learned that during this meditation I was anything but living in the present moment-preoccupied, anxious and distracted by possible upcoming decisions. But found this helpful to recenter myself back to the present moment.

The moments of bliss that find you…

Watching the sun come up this morning, bathed in pink and golden rising sunlight, my dogs loving on me & smiling. Just a quick morning meditation with eyes open. A beautiful reminder to start my day with gratitude.

Feelings

I felt very anxious this morning, but then I listened to this meditation and l learned that I should wake with gratitude and not worry about stuff only god can control. I am going to put a conscious forward to only surround myself around positive peaceful people and things. I am manifesting that something good will happen to me today.

Gratitude

I learned that I can feel gratitude and love for myself and others through my intentions

Gift

Embracing gratitude creates an undeniable energy shift - bringing light and opening my ❤️.

Grateful

Looking around and noticing the beauty in the little things around us that bring joy helps to dispel all of the negative thoughts

Dealing with anger

Learned that I can control my emotions by slowing down, breathing, noticing physical tension and just thinking before reacting