Experiencing the Benefits of a Grateful Heart?
The beauty of everyday life makes it hard not to feel grateful. Did you know science is finding that keeping a list of what you are grateful for boosts better health and positive feelings? And… the people who kept a list were significantly more likely to make progress on their goal achievement over a two month timeframe!
What has your mind been thinking about today? Your attention is like a magnet, it draws to you more of the same, and you can change it in an instant by making a gratitude list.
Right now, ask your imagination for a number from 1 to 10 (with “10” being the most) of how grateful you are at this very moment. Does this number surprise you? After you experience the following guided RIM experience, ask for a second number from 1 to 10 of how grateful you are feeling and see what comes, as you notice the state of your body and emotions.
The following audio guided RIM experience will guide you through an inner experience of gratitude. Enjoy!
Experience The Benefits Of Gratitude With This Audio Guided RIM Experience:
RIM Experience for a Grateful Heart
(Have a paper and pen)
As your eyelids gently close and your inner vision easily opens… you feel the shift from an external view of the world to an inner appreciation of who you are… As you imagine taking a deep cleansing breath in through your forehead, and sensing it exhale all the way down through the soles of your feet… your attention settles…
Notice… as you sense the state of your mind… the feeling in your body… the essence of your soul…
Your imagination brings you a number from 1-10 (10 being most) of your current level of gratitude… write it down.
Taking a few deep breaths, you settle into even deeper relaxation.
And as you do, your imagination flashes an image or word that represents your grateful heart (snap). Take a minute…
As you receive this image/word, notice your feelings.
Moving your attention into the center of it, you receive a steady stream of awareness of all that you are grateful… people, places, opportunities, desires, whatever else comes…
As you sense them, write them down, and then return to closed eyes and receive more…
Take a minute…
Continuing to write whatever arrives you sense this grateful state of mind.
Your imagination gives you a number from 1-10 of how grateful you’re feeling now.
As you receive this number, find this gratitude in your body, noticing the color and texture of it.
Immerse yourself in it. Swim in it. Play in it.
You are a being of great depth and appreciation. Someone who enjoys each moment of the day and night, regardless of whats happening.
Because it means you are alive! You feel your breath, the freedom of your body to move, the love in your heart that began with your birth for all of who you are and who you are becoming.
Because life is an unfolding journey. How Good it is!
For more than 40 years, Award Winning and Best-Selling Author & Psychotherapist Dr. Deb Sandella has helped thousands heal trauma, move through grief and gain access to more laughter, greater financial success, and deeper, more loving relationships. This former university professor developed the RIM® (Regenerating Images in Memory) Method that alleviates suffering and supports you to claim the happier, healthier life you deserve. RIM® is used by therapists, coaches, organizational consultants and school social workers globally and has helped countless individuals transform past trauma for a more fulfilled life. She frequently brings her teachings to Jack Canfield’s events.
To learn about having a personal healing session or becoming a Certified RIM Facilitator visit the RIMinstitute.com
