Good morning . First of all , as you're getting ready , I just want to honor you for taking the time to get your day started off right . Welcome . Today's session is a really good one to listen to in the morning , just after waking up . Waking up with the sun gives us an excellent opportunity to begin the day with renewed appreciation . So take the time that you need to bring yourself out of sleep and into a light , wakeful state . You can open your eyes if you like , or allow them to stay closed , maybe set an intention for today , whatever feels right in this moment . This is created , space created time . You're slowing down in order to get yourself ready . Take the time to have a few deep breaths in invigorating the lungs and waking them up . Give your body a nice stretch , gently waking it .
Speaker 1Our thoughts in the morning are often scattered . They spill out immediately , drifting to our responsibilities , what we're having for breakfast , our commute , what lies ahead and everything else that vies for our attention day to day . So , in this beautiful moment that you are creating , before the mind truly wakes up completely , we're going to create a blank canvas . Take a deep breath in , take letting it go , clearing the mind of any leftover concerns from yesterday . Yesterday's gone . Today's a new day filled with possibilities , not probabilities . Take another deep breath and , as you release , release any stress about the future . The future hasn't happened yet . You're here right now . How lucky we are .
Speaker 1Take a moment just to set an intention to start fresh today . Take your time and really embody it . Place both hands lightly on your stomach and breathe into them , expanding your belly , feeling more energized , more alert and aligning yourself with willpower and the intention to start your day in gratitude . Feel expansive as you create space in this moment , space to feel this invigorating energy flow underneath your hands and spread throughout your body . And as you continue to hold your hands on the center of your stomach , your energy center , I want you to visualize the sun . Imagine it coming up over the horizon , the hills , the trees and your skin . Feel it touching your body , warming it and waking it up . Hear the birds chirping and the roosters crowing as they greet the sun . See the flowers opening gratefully , tilting towards the light , and your head , like the flowers , tilts up towards the sun , drinking in every ounce of its warmth . Feel it washing over you and around you , invigorating every part of your body . Feel the sun illuminating your mind , bringing sunny thoughts to it , clearing away the lingering shadows of sleep .
Speaker 1Take a deep breath in and a slow exhale and then repeat after me I am grateful for this day . I am grateful for this day . Embody the words by truly feeling the gratitude flow through them , not worrying about what your day will look like and letting go of expectations , simply expressing your thanks for waking up today , for this day , offering thanks to the sun , feeling gratitude flow through you as you breathe easily and enjoy this wonderful moment of pure appreciation . I am grateful for this day . Feel your body now , feel it become one with the sun and say I am grateful for my body . Feel appreciation moving through each body part , as you say again , I am so very grateful for my body . Feel it deep within your bones now . Feel the energy circulating through you , as you now .
Speaker 1Repeat I am grateful for my mind . Feel appreciation move through and fill your head , which is clear now and ready to receive the gratitude for your mind . I am grateful for my mind breathing into this moment , breathing into possibilities without thinking of what they may be , but focusing just on the gratitude . Say I am grateful for everything that I will experience today , with no attachment to good or bad , because you know that every experience makes us who we are and we are grateful to be who we are . So we say I am grateful for everything that I will experience today . Every experience is an opportunity for growth .
Hold appreciation in your awareness as you continue to repeat I am grateful for everything that I will experience today . You're spacious and open . You are the sun and the sun circulates through you . Think about something that you are grateful for and repeat that affirmation to yourself or out loud I am grateful . And end with whatever words you choose , anything that you could return to throughout your day for inspiration and a dose of gratitude , of gratitude .
Speaker 1After you have aligned with your affirmation , repeat it a few times , breathing Deep inhales and slow exhales , just being Once again holding appreciation in your awareness . When you're ready , open your eyes or stretch , maybe sit up if you've still been lying down , and roll your head and your neck . Maybe have a big yawn and allow a smile to come to your face as you wake up . Stand up , if you can , wherever you are , are and take a deep and gentle reach down to the ground with your hands and then up over your head , lifting your breastbone to the sky , looking up to the sun in gratitude . Looking up to the sun in gratitude , bringing our hands together in prayer position . Back to your heart with a gentle bow of the head , namaste . Have an incredible day , my friends .