In this 30-minute “gratitude practice” guided breathwork meditation, set an intention to cultivate gratitude and give thanks for the abundance in your life.

Ready to create a life you love? Start by setting an intention to drop into the heart-centered to create loving awareness through gratitude practice, breathwork meditation.

Being grateful, when we drop into the heart center, we create a sense of appreciation. Dropping into the heart center and getting into a place of gratitude, love, compassion, and kindness for others, a situation, an experience, or a thing, if you like, we begin to change our physiology.

We move from the sympathetic and over into the parasympathetic nervous system—moving into that calm, flow state.

When we have these times when things are just stressful or anxious, or we’re depressed or sad, the very best and quickest, easy way to drop into the heart center and get out of that sort of frenetic state is just to be grateful. To have gratitude for someone or something.

For me, I’m grateful for my golden retriever, Mila. She’s unconditional love, always pure love. She’s just an amazing being. She reminds me to have faith and that everything is going to be okay.

But any of us can get caught up in stress and anxiety; it’s part of human nature. So today is about dropping into the heart center. When we slow our breath and get into rhythmic breathing focused on the breath, we begin to create heart-mind coherence.

That’s between the heart and the pineal gland, and when that coherence begins to happen, and we slow down our breath, and we move into the parasympathetic nervous system.

And we create a sense of calm and peace in the body; the mind begins to release healing chemicals, such as serotonin and melatonin. So each of us can naturally create calm and harmony within the body when we just drop into gratitude practice.

[Video] 30-Minute “Gratitude Practice” Guided Breathwork Meditation

What’s included:

• 2 Rounds of Rhythmic Breathing with Breath Retentions followed by a 10 Minute Guided Meditation
• Round 1: 5 Minutes Rhythmic Breathing (4-4, 3-3, 2-2, 1-1), 2 Minute Exhale Retention, 2 Minute Inhale Retention
• Round 2: 5 Minutes Rhythmic Breathing (4-4, 3-3, 2-2, 1-1), 2 Minute Exhale Retention, 2 Minute Inhale Retention

• 0:46 Gratitude Practice Introduction
• 3:45 Breathing Technique Explained
• 7:49 Guided Breathwork
• 24:00 Guided Meditation

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🔥 Preparing for Breathwork:

• Get comfortable. Begin the session by making sure you’re comfortable, in a quiet place where you will not be disturbed.
• Wear headphones. If you have headphones to use during an online session, you’ll have a better experience hearing the music and my voice.

• Is breathwork safe? Breathwork is generally safe for most individuals when practiced responsibly and with appropriate guidance. However, it’s important to approach breathwork with caution and be mindful of your physical and mental well-being.
• Who is breathwork NOT for? Do not practice this breathwork during pregnancy, or if you are epileptic. People with cardiovascular issues, or any other serious health conditions, should always consult a medical professional before starting breathwork. These breathing exercises are a guide only, you should always listen to your own body and not push yourself, if you feel unwell STOP. Never practice breathing exercises before or during diving, driving, swimming, taking a bath, or in any other circumstance where the loss of consciousness could result in bodily harm.

🔥 About this Video:

• Originally recorded August 2021.
• Original music during rhythmic breathing by Jason Samadhi. Support my work to get audio download versions of breathwork meditations.
• Cover image features original art by Jason Samadhi. Shop for Jason’s art, swag, shirts, hats and more.