Gratitude meditation

- [Instructor] Let yourself sit quietly and at ease. Allow your body to be relaxed and open, your breath natural, your heart easy. Begin the practice of gratitude by sensing how year after year you have cared for your own life. Now let yourself begin to acknowledge all that has supported you in this care. Here are some of the simple phrases of gratitude. With gratitude, I remember the people, animals, plants, the insects, creatures of the sky and sea, air and water, fire and earth, all whose joyful exertion blesses my life every day. With gratitude, I remember the care and labor of 1,000 generations of elders and ancestors who came before me. I offer my gratitude for the safety and wellbeing I've been given. I offer my gratitude for the nourishing blessings of this earth I've been given to partake in. I offer my gratitude for the measure of health I have been granted. I offer my gratitude for the family and…