Thank you for your interest in self-awareness and creating personal peace.  I hope you enjoy the Inward Bound newsletter from the Sedona Meditation Training Company. If this is your first Inewsletter, then welcome! Feel free to forward it to your friends using the link on the right.

After the article below you'll find the calendar of classes, upcoming retreats and events, and some special offers I hope you enjoy.    

Thanksgiving Every Day

If you are like me, you are grateful and appreciate your life, but sometimes you get busy, distracted, or stressed and gratitude is the farthest thing from your mind. Eventually, luckily, you remember how fortunate you are and your appreciation returns. Thanksgiving day is our annual reminder to be grateful. It's one of my favorite holidays. Yes, I like to cook and eat and be with my family and friends, but I truly enjoy basking in the feeling of gratitude.  

I'd like to share with you a 20 minute guided Gratitude Meditation. Listen to it online or download it to your iPod.  Do you want to know how the attitude of gratitude can change your life? Click here to find out and to discover gratitude practices that can shift your attitude even when you don't feel particularly grateful. Research proves that people who regularly practice grateful thinking can increase their "set point" for happiness by 25%! That's not bad.  

Gratitude is about welcoming the present moment: receiving and appreciating it. And while I am writing about gratitude and appreciation, I want to take this moment to thank you. Because of you and others I am able to do the work that I love. Everyday I am fortunate to talk about, write about, and share my experiences with meditation, self-discovery, self-awareness, and self-love.  

I am continually fulfilled by the transformation that I see and hear about in the lives of my students, as they rediscover who they are, what they really want, how to take care of themselves, and live an authentic life. I am honored to be on this journey with you.  

I want to share what else I am grateful for (You might want to come up with your own list!) 

I am thankful to the creator for this awesome creation and the splendor and wonder that abounds.

I am thankful for being awake, alive, aware and well today and the constant blessings in my life.

I am thankful for my husband, family, canine companions, friends, teachers, and community,

I am thankful for my beautiful home and to live in nature's splendor,

I am thankful for my awareness, peace of mind, my sense of safety, my freedom, an ability to love and be loved,

I am grateful for our human rights, our civil rights, our access to education, literacy, and the freedom to worship and express ourselves freely.

I am thankful for the the ever-expanding intelligent universe, the earth, the sun, moon, stars, planets, clean air, pure water, flora, fauna, and the elements of nature,

I am thankful for those who work on my behalf including the farmers, ranchers, animals and many others who help to sustain my life.

I am thankful for the growing awareness of resource conservation and the inter-connectedness of all things.

I am thankful for my senses and my inner knowing and how they help to navigate this world.   

I am thankful that I can share my experiences with you and for the various technologies available in this time that help me connect to you.   

Thank you.  Here's a great video about the gifts that life brings to each one of us. It certainly inspires gratitude. Watch it here from Ted.com. 

An Everyday Meditation class is also offered in Phoenix at Storm Wisdom on Saturday, December 10, 10:00-12:30 pm. To register for the Everyday Meditation class or to set up a private appointment (2 people can learn for $265 anytime until December 31!) call (928) 204-0067. Or click here.   

Join me for a group meditation in Phoenix at Storm Wisdom (off of the 51 on Shea) on Friday, December 9th at 6:00 pm. It's $10 and no experience is necessary. It's a great way to get a taste of the experience! Find out more here.

Primordial Sound Meditation in Sedona, Arizona, Sunday, December 18, 9:30 am - 4:00 pm.  Offered again Sunday, January 8. This course is recommended by Deepak Chopra and you receive a  personal mantra based on the time of your birth to use in meditation. If you have attended the Everyday Meditation class, you can apply your course fee toward this course. I am certified to teach this class and served as the Chopra Center education director.)  Find out more about Primordial Sound Meditation here.  

To register for the Primoridal Sound Meditation class or to set up a private appointment contact (928)204-0067. Or click here.      

Outside of Sedona or Phoenix?  Listen anytime to guided meditations here. Or receive instruction and 3 powerful meditations on the popular CD Meditate. Read more about it here.

Check the calendar for updates including meditation retreats and special events.  Or call 928.204.0067.

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