{"id":182,"date":"2020-01-26T10:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T10:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christelwellness-com.stackstaging.com\/?p=182"},"modified":"2023-12-03T19:32:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T18:32:54","slug":"practice-a-daily-gratitude-practice-for-a-better-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christelwellness.com\/en_gb\/2020\/01\/26\/practice-a-daily-gratitude-practice-for-a-better-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice a daily gratitude practice for a better life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Want to sleep better, enjoy more fulfilling relationships, experience more positive emotions, greater life satisfaction and lower levels of depression and stress?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduce a daily gratitude practice. Gratitude has a powerful effect on our health and well-being, research shows. In fact, at the University of California, Davis, an entire lab is devoted to research on measuring gratitude and its effects, headed by Dr. Robert Emmons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on his research, people who feel more gratitude feel more optimistic, achieve their goals, sleep better, have more fulfilling relationships, and exercise more often. They experience more positive emotions, greater life satisfaction, more vitality, optimism, and lower levels of depression and stress. And that makes life more fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are six simple ways recommended  to start your own daily gratitude practice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Schedule a daily gratitude break<\/strong>. Set the alarm on your mobile phone and take a moment to find what you feel grateful for. It only takes a moment and can be an instant pick-me-up.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Start a gratitude list<\/strong>. Get a special journal, notebook, or notepad, or open a new document labeled gratitude. You\u2019ll be surprised at how much you have to be grateful for. The list not only makes you feel good, but if times are hard, reading it will provide perspective.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Share your gratitude<\/strong>. Dr. Emmons\u2019 studies show that people with a greater disposition towards gratitude are rated by others as having more empathy, generosity, and helpfulness. Expressing to others what you are grateful for lifts their spirits and your own and inspires gratitude in others. Include expressions of gratitude in family or friendly gatherings too.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. See the giver behind the gift<\/strong>. Kim Ridley, writing on beliefnet.com about the transformative power of gratitude, asked Dr. Emmons to suggest gratitude practices. One of the practices he suggested was to focus each day on a person who provides a benefit to you: a bank teller, grocery bagger, cook, friend, or spouse. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Bow<\/strong>. Express your gratitude physically. Ridley also interviewed Nancy Hathaway, a family mindfulness consultant, who suggested this practice. After all, gratitude is not just mental. It comes from spontaneous feelings rising from deep within. Yoga asanas, bowing, the Namaste expression, religious observances, and expressions of affection are all ways that we can embody, integrate, and express feelings of gratitude.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Dr. Emmons says that although religious and spiritual institutions have long understood the power of gratitude, the scientific world is just discovering its efficacy. His studies focus on developing methods to cultivate gratitude and developing a reliable measure to assess differences in a person\u2019s disposition towards gratitude. According to Dr. Emmons, the gratitude practices enhance pleasant feeling states, rather than diminishing unpleasant emotions.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As complex human beings, we can feel many things at once. Why not add gratitude to the list?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Hope this article will help you live a better life, even if only a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Namaste<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Christel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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