A Thanksgiving Meditation Of Gratitude
A tool for therapists and coaches to inspire appreciation with clients
Thanksgiving season inspires us to focus on what we have to be grateful for. Canada celebrates in mid-October, and the United States is later, toward the end of November. For coaches, therapists, meditators, and mindfulness practitioners who seek to inspire clients to appreciate what has been given, I created a special Thanksgiving meditation of gratitude centered on the five senses; sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.
Instruction
The following verbiage is an instruction you can paraphrase with clients:
In light of Thanksgiving, let’s use the sensation of gratitude for our meditation. The goal of the gratitude meditation is to focus on the contact between your mind and body with a renewed sense of acknowledgment for the majesty and abundance the time of Thanksgiving provides.
We will spend 5 minutes acknowledging our appreciation, followed by three minutes of silence. The words spoken are secular; however, if you wish to connect to a personal religious practice or faith, you are…
