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Daily Question, October 5

How do I experience feelings of gratefulness in my body? When was the last time I felt this?

  • Ose

    right now, with a smile on my face and a warm, soft sensation in my heart.

  • Chung van Gog

    It has been a long time since I have felt that tingling feeling of gratefulness in my heart. Self-care and love is what I need to get back there.

  • Malag

    Warm peacefulness not centred anywhere. Just felt it now appreciating that I am being asked this question.

  • Emily

    Whenever I’m walking through the woods, feeling rain on my skin, or taking a breath of fresh air- this is when I feel alive and grateful that my body can do and experience all of these wonderful things. This is a daily occurrence for me.

  • Ney

    Every time I get a good night’s sleep and after meditating!

  • Rose

    I experience gratitude in my body as a warm expansiveness in my heart and a tingling, activating, spaciousness and uplifted feeling through my whole upper body and head. The last time I remember feeling this strongly is when it was my birthday last week and I was receiving so many kind messages from friends and family.

  • Anna

    As many other friends here, I feel gratefulness in my body when I relax.
    A good rest is a balm.
    As time passes, I relax even in circumstances that I would have never thought.
    I am grateful for that, and I thanks this site, the staff and you all for supporting, walking with me, giving me the opportunity to learn, to know, to practice.

  • Don Jones

    I feel it is from the heart. It exudes warmth, inclusiveness, contentment, openness and love.

  • Mary Pat

    I think it is when my body feels relaxed. That is rare. And when I have good energy through my body, and it flows…..not sure this makes sense, but that is what came to mind….

  • dcdeb

    I feel relief. And more relaxed

  • Antoinette

    I feel light in my body as well as a peaceful appreciation for life. I feel it now .

  • pkr

    I feel calm & at peace. Happy all over.

  • Lauryn

    I experience that as a sense of peace, I feel grounded and loved.

  • SsterSuzie

    When I am feeling grateful and peaceful, a warm, cozy sensation emanates from my heart chakra, and I know I am aligned and one with my true self. This usually happens when I am in nature, or have a deep conversation with someone I love, or stop and remain present in my surroundings and notice all of life’s miracles and joys happening all around me.

  • Cintia

    Every night I practice my ritual: prayer, meditation, deep breathing and giving thanks to every part of my body. A mindful breath and a thank you. And the first time in the morning, before I wake up, I said: Hello body, we are alive! Thank you! Thank you! A new day has coming… here we go.

  • Michele

    I experience feelings of gratefulness in my body when I recognize my sense of sight, smell, taste, and hearing. Seeing beauty, smelling incredible aromas, tasting many kinds of delicious foods, and being able to hear sounds is a gift not everyone has. This is a great reminder to treasure all of them and be grateful. Thank you:)

  • Mike

    Whenever I wake after a good night’s sleep, my body feels grateful. This morning is, thankfully, one of those mornings.

  • Chester

    My eyes see broadly, I hear fully, my muscles are relaxed and ready. My body is content in the moment. Just now.

  • Holly in Ohio
    I find I am smiling more often, breathe more deeply, that my shoulders are down rather than hunched up and forward, and I'm more relaxed. My mind is often a little less jumpy. I've started to try to connect gratitude with my exercise, using affirmations, hoping to make it less likely that I will skip it or see it as a chore, but instead to enjoy the exercise, and that gratitude will be even more connected with my body. I last felt gratitude this morning. I get up and look out at the day, a...

    I find I am smiling more often, breathe more deeply, that my shoulders are down rather than hunched up and forward, and I’m more relaxed. My mind is often a little less jumpy.

    I’ve started to try to connect gratitude with my exercise, using affirmations, hoping to make it less likely that I will skip it or see it as a chore, but instead to enjoy the exercise, and that gratitude will be even more connected with my body.

    I last felt gratitude this morning. I get up and look out at the day, and there is always something for which to feel grateful. This morning it was the sound of school children going past my house and the familiar laughter and their voices. It was foggy this morning, which is lovely with the leaves changing to fall colors. I stepped outside briefly to dump yesterday’s coffee grounds on the lawn, and I hear the crickets still singing, and it is a comforting autumn sound. I brewed my coffee and have been enjoying it while reading the lovely posts by others here, and you made me smile with the things you share, and I feel connected, almost like there is a delicate spider web around the globe, from the Netherlands to California.

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  • Nelson

    I resumed taking hot yoga classes last week. Most yoga studios in my area are still closed except one. I missed practicing. After my first class back, I got present to how my body is still healthy and mobile. My immune system is still strong. I’m fit. Amidst the pandemic, I’m very thankful for my health.

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