On Day 3 of Closing the Year with Gratitude and Grace, we shift into GROUND—the practice of finding your footing before the new year arrives. If your mind has been looping through what happened this year (or racing ahead into what's next), this episode will bring you back into your body with a calming, science-backed breathing practice called Coherent Breathing (5 seconds in, 5 seconds out). You'll learn why grounding works—how slow, steady breathing supports your nervous system, quiets mental noise, and helps you feel safe enough to settle. Through a gentle shoreline story and an embodied guided meditation, you'll release the urge to "figure it all out" and instead reconnect with what's steady, true, and already within you. Perfect for year-end reflection, emotional regulation, anxiety relief, and New Year intention-setting.
This is day 3 of a 7-day meditation series, "Closing the Year with Gratitude and Grace Meditations," episodes 3437-3443.
ABOUT THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION JOURNEY:
Closing the Year with Gratitude & Grace is a 7-day year-end meditation series designed to help you gently release the past year, calm your nervous system, and enter the New Year with clarity, balance, and embodied peace. This daily meditation podcast series blends science-backed insight, storytelling, and guided practices to support emotional healing, stress relief, and mindful transition.
Recorded as a special bonus series and offered as a gift of gratitude, these meditations guide you through the natural arc of release, rest, grounding, protection, nurturing, balance, and embodiment. Each episode includes a short teaching followed by a guided meditation using techniques such as visualization, breathwork, affirmations, mudras, and heart-centered awareness.
Whether you're looking for a gratitude meditation, a New Year meditation, a nervous system reset, or a peaceful way to close the year with intention, this series offers calm, comfort, and timeless wisdom—perfect for Christmas, Hanukkah, and the final days of the year.
THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE - "The Gratitude Completion Practice "
Each day, write one sentence beginning with: "This year taught me…"
No fixing, no judging.
On Day 7, read all seven sentences aloud.
THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION JOURNEY
Day 1: Releasing What No Longer Serves You Visualization
Day 2: Affirmation: "I honor what was. I keep the wisdom. I release the weight."
Day 3: Extended Exhale Breath
Day 4: Hridaya mudra for compassion
Day 5: Fourth Chakra for love and compassion
Day 6: New Awakenings Flow meditation, combining the week's techniques
Day 7: Weekly review meditation and closure
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