Embodied Gratitude

Why it works

Building your emotional resilience shifts your thoughts from cognitive appreciation to felt experience, enabling you to effectively manage challenging moments.

How to practice

1. Recall a moment of gratitude, perhaps a simple or recent memory.
2. Locate where you feel appreciation in your body, perhaps: - Warmth in your chest - Relaxation in your face - An opening sensation in your heart
3. Once you find this sensation, invite more attention there. Relax into the physical sensation rather than the mental story. Practice staying with this felt sense for 2-3 minutes.

Good to know

• Many people struggle to find gratitude in their body at first—this is normal. Start with obvious physical pleasures (sun on your face, a warm shower, a comfortable bed) before moving to more abstract appreciation. The key is building the neural pathway between the concept of gratitude and a sensation.
• Try this practice during daily transitions (before meetings, after calls) to build the habit of embodied appreciation.