Research shows that Mindfulness enhances the overall sense of gratitude. So today, let’s help our people to experience authentic and deep gratitude with this brief but powerful exercise:

Gratitude with Mindfulness

For this exercise:

• Schedule 15 minutes of time for this exercise on Thanksgiving Day. You can plan it at the beginning or at the end of the Thanksgiving Day events. You can also plan it as a standalone activity during any time of the day.
• Make an announcement about it (date, time and venue) and also circulate the email. It will be a good idea to block the calendars for easy reminders.
• As people will need to be seated, make necessary seating arrangements.
• Make necessary arrangements for playing the 12-minute audio, in a way that the sound is clear and audible to all.
• Ensure that there are no external disturbances or noises during the activity.
• You may want to share a quick brief about mindfulness and gratitude before you play the audio, to align the audience with this activity.
• After the audio is complete, ask people to move around in the room and thank as many people as they can.
• For this activity, you need:
  • Guided audio practice (click here)
  • Appropriate seating arrangement
  • Audio player and speakers
• Bonus ideas:
  • If possible, you may arrange for people to sit on mats for added feel. Have some chairs as well for those who can’t sit on the mat.
  • After the audio is complete, you may ask them to write down their experience in the given notebook / paper. This is for their personal recollection and need not be shared with anybody.

After experiencing the joy of gratitude with Gratitude with Mindfulness at your workplace do share pictures with us at connect@monkatwork.in.

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