Definition:

Gratitude is the quality of being thankful. The more you feel genuine gratitude, the more things you will attract into your life to feel grateful for. Gratitude rewires our brains, kick-starting the production of dopamine and serotonin. Yogis often refer to it as Vitamin G.

From a yoga perspective, there is a dynamic balance between offering (or expressing) gratitude and accepting (or receiving) gratitude. When we express appreciation, we’re offering energy outward as manifested by expansive, heart-opening poses. When we accept gratitude humbly without dismissal, we honor the giver and use inward, grounding poses as symbols. Together, they form a cycle: what we receive, we can then offer; what we offer, we open ourselves to receive.

Mantras:

Every thankful moment makes me healthier.

Gratitude fills my heart with positive energy.

Quotes:

“Feeling gratitude isn’t born in us – it’s something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children” —  Joyce Brothers

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” — Robert Brault (author)

“It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” — Brother David Steindl-Rast Benedictine monk

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” — Epicurus (Greek philosopher)

“Gratitude turns a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” — Melody Beattie, American author

“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” — Meister Eckhart, German theologian from the late1200s

Savasana:

Attitude of Gratitude meditation on Coached by Nikki Dyer YouTube Channel.