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Wake with Gratitude: A Morning Meditation to Begin Again · STOPTIME: Live in the Moment.

• 0:01
  Lisa Hopkins: Good morning.
• 0:03
  Lisa Hopkins: First of all, as you're getting ready, I just want to honor you for taking the time to get your day started off right.
• 0:12
  Lisa Hopkins: Welcome.
• 0:15
  Lisa Hopkins: Today's session is a really good one to listen to in the morning, just after waking up.
• 0:22
  Lisa Hopkins: Waking up with the sun gives us an excellent opportunity to begin the day with renewed appreciation.
• 0:32
  Lisa Hopkins: So take the time that you need to bring yourself out of sleep and into a light, wakeful state.
• 0:41
  Lisa Hopkins: You can open your eyes if you like or allow them to stay closed.
• 0:49
  Lisa Hopkins: Maybe set an intention for today.
• 0:53
  Lisa Hopkins: Whatever feels right in this moment, this has created space, created time.
• 1:00
  Lisa Hopkins: You're slowing down in order to get yourself ready.
• 1:11
  Lisa Hopkins: Take the time to have a few deep breaths in, invigorating the lungs and waking them up.
• 1:21
  Lisa Hopkins: Give your body a nice stretch, gently waking it.
• 1:30
  Lisa Hopkins: Our thoughts in the morning are often scattered.
• 1:35
  Lisa Hopkins: They spill out immediately, drifting to our responsibilities, what we're having for breakfast, our commute, what lies ahead, and everything else advis for attention day to day.
• 1:51
  Lisa Hopkins: So in this beautiful moment that you are creating before the mind truly wakes up completely, we're going to create a blank canvas.
• 2:06
  Lisa Hopkins: Take a deep breath in.
• 2:17
  Lisa Hopkins: Take one more nice, deep, cleansing breath in and release, letting it go.
• 2:27
  Lisa Hopkins: Clearing the mind of any leftover concerns from yesterday.
• 2:31
  Lisa Hopkins: Yesterday's gone.
• 2:34
  Lisa Hopkins: Today's a new day, filled with possibilities, not probabilities.
• 2:42
  Lisa Hopkins: Take another deep breath, and as you release, release any stress about the future.
• 2:49
  Lisa Hopkins: The future hasn't happened yet.
• 2:54
  SPEAKER_00: You're here right now.
• 2:57
  SPEAKER_00: How lucky we are.
• 3:04
  SPEAKER_00: Take a moment just to set an intention to start fresh today.
• 3:13
  SPEAKER_00: Take your time and really embody it.
• 3:29
  Lisa Hopkins: Expanding your belly, feeling more energized, more alert, and aligning yourself with willpower and the intention to start your day in gratitude.
• 3:51
  Lisa Hopkins: Feel expansive as you create space in this moment.
• 3:57
  Lisa Hopkins: Space to feel this invigorating energy flow underneath your hands and spread throughout your body.
• 4:14
  Lisa Hopkins: And as you continue to hold your hands on the center of your stomach, your energy center, I want you to visualize the sun.
• 4:30
  SPEAKER_00: Imagine it coming up over the horizon.
• 4:39
  SPEAKER_00: See it illuminating everything that it touches.
• 4:46
  SPEAKER_00: Oceans, the hills, the trees, and your skin.
• 5:01
  SPEAKER_00: Feel it touching your body, warming it and waking it up.
• 5:13
  Lisa Hopkins: Hear the birds chirping and the roosters crowing as they greet the sun.
• 5:21
  Lisa Hopkins: See the flowers opening gratefully, tilting towards the light.
• 5:29
  Lisa Hopkins: And your head, like the flowers, tilts up towards the sun, drinking in every ounce of its warmth.
• 5:38
  Lisa Hopkins: Feel it washing over you and around you, invigorating every part of your body.
• 5:49
  Lisa Hopkins: Feel the sun illuminating your mind, bringing sunny thoughts to it, clearing away the lingering shadows of sleep.
• 6:08
  Lisa Hopkins: Take a deep breath in and a slow exhale, and then repeat after me.
• 6:21
  SPEAKER_00: I am grateful for this day.
• 6:30
  SPEAKER_00: I am grateful for this day.
• 6:42
  Lisa Hopkins: Embody the words by truly feeling the gratitude flow through them, not worrying about what your day will look like and letting go of expectations, simply expressing your thanks for waking up today.
• 7:06
  Lisa Hopkins: I am grateful for this day, offering thanks to the sun, feeling gratitude flow through you as you breathe easily and enjoy this wonderful moment of pure appreciation.
• 7:35
  SPEAKER_00: I am grateful for this day.
• 7:56
  Lisa Hopkins: And say, I am grateful for my body.
• 8:01
  Lisa Hopkins: Feel appreciation moving through each body part.
• 8:07
  SPEAKER_00: As you say again, I am so very grateful for my body.
• 8:21
  SPEAKER_00: Feel it deep within your bones now.
• 8:29
  Lisa Hopkins: Feel the energy circulating through you as you now repeat.
• 8:37
  Lisa Hopkins: I am grateful for my mind.
• 8:44
  Lisa Hopkins: Feel appreciation move through and fill your head, which is clear now and ready to receive the gratitude for your mind.
• 8:59
  SPEAKER_00: I am grateful for my mind.
• 9:19
  Lisa Hopkins: Breathing into possibilities without thinking of what they may be, but focusing just on the gratitude.
• 9:32
  Lisa Hopkins: Say I am grateful for everything that I will experience today with no attachment to good or bad, because you know that every experience makes us who we are, and we are grateful to be who we are.
• 10:00
  Lisa Hopkins: So we say, I am grateful for everything that I will experience today.
• 10:17
  Lisa Hopkins: Every experience is an opportunity for growth.
• 10:22
  Lisa Hopkins: Hold appreciation in your awareness as you continue to repeat.
• 10:26
  Lisa Hopkins: I am grateful for everything that I will experience today.
• 10:32
  Lisa Hopkins: You're spacious and open.
• 10:38
  Lisa Hopkins: You are the sun, and the sun circulates through you.
• 10:50
  SPEAKER_00: Think about something that you are grateful for.
• 10:58
  SPEAKER_00: And repeat that affirmation to yourself or out loud.
• 11:06
  SPEAKER_00: I am grateful and end with whatever words you choose.
• 11:19
  Lisa Hopkins: Anything that you could return to throughout your day for inspiration and a dose of gratitude.
• 11:33
  Lisa Hopkins: After you have aligned with your affirmation, repeat it a few times, breathing deeply into the core of the body.
• 11:45
  Lisa Hopkins: Deep inhales and slow exhales.
• 11:54
  SPEAKER_00: Just being once again holding appreciation in your awareness.
• 12:16
  Lisa Hopkins: When you're ready, open your eyes or stretch.
• 12:22
  Lisa Hopkins: Maybe sit up if you've still been lying down and roll your head and your neck.
• 12:29
  Lisa Hopkins: Maybe have a big yawn.
• 12:34
  Lisa Hopkins: And allow a smile to come to your face as you wake up.
• 12:42
  Lisa Hopkins: And stand up if you can wherever you are.
• 12:49
  Lisa Hopkins: And take a deep and gentle reach down to the ground with your hands.
• 12:59
  Lisa Hopkins: And then up over your head, lifting your breastbone to the sky, looking up to the sun in gratitude, bringing your hands together in prayer position back to your heart with a gentle bow of the head.
• 13:22
  SPEAKER_00: Namaste.
• 13:26
  SPEAKER_00: Have an incredible day, my friends.