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As the UK continues to follow the road map to unlocking, you might find your life suddenly stepping up the pace as you begin to socialise much more, perhaps head back to work or book in holidays. As you up the pace, there is something important about finding a healthy balance and keeping space and margin in life to help your wellbeing to flourish. Find out more in our latest blog.
If you are someone who likes to be active, Grateful Windows might be a gratitude practice that works for you. It is a simple practice from our founder Andy, that you can do if you are inside somewhere [although if you’re in an office block that is all windows it might take some time!]
Wander round your house [or the building you are in] and stand at each window in turn.
As you look out, think of someone you are thankful for or grateful to.
Repeat this until you’ve looked out of every window.
You can take this gratitude practice a step further and text each of the people that you have thought of to say thank you.
After a few days of practising this ask yourself ‘How is this changing the way that I see the world?’
If you’d like to give the other gratitude practices we shared a go, you can find them under Practising the 3 P’s and Top 3 Things.
There is no ‘one way’ to practice daily gratitude; for some of you it will look like writing 3 things you’re thankful for each day, for others it could be filling a gratitude jar. Today we share the first of three simple gratitude practices from Dr Rangan Chatterjee’s brilliant book, The Stress Solution.
Practicing gratitude is a simple wellbeing practice that can have a big impact on your mental and physical health. In the introductory blog of our week about how practicing gratitude can help foster resilience, you will learn about the benefits of practicing gratitude and discover some creative inspiration for how to begin.
