The important thing about gratitude is that it doesn’t matter how much you have. Gratitude is not dependent on whether it is a big car or a little car. Gratitude is not conditional or dependent on any of that. It can be a pebble that we see and we feel such gratitude for the joy that it brings us in that moment. So always remember that it doesn’t matter how much we have, that gratitude is a place that we go to that’s independent of size or monetary value. It is something that we simply feel from our heart. When you look at gratitude as a daily practice this is how you use it. Generally, during the day, you can be saying to yourself how often have I focused on gratitude? As compared to how often have I focused on worries? And that’s a very sobering question. I often ask myself,” Where has my focus been? Where has my attention been?” Because what we focus on expands. So it is very interesting for me if I’m aware that my focus has been more on a worry than it has on gratitude. So that’s one thing that you can do, that’s one practice that you can begin to do throughout the day.
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2012
Beverley Pugh

Beverley Pugh has international experience in Individual, Marital and Family Therapist services. Areas of practice include counselling in: individual, couples, family, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, pain management, multicultural, workplace and others.
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A Day to Remember
Know that I do every practice exercise I share with you. As you are playing with them, I am as well. I personally need the reminders and practices to stay on the course of what is important for me. I find practices help me build the consistency of ‘inner muscle’ I want in life. I stay committed to my self-growth so I notice, I practice, and I self correct. So here is this month’s Practice Exercise which I first did in Japan while working...
Take a day and choose to commit to notice and find delight in all the small things. Take nothing for granted. Exaggerate your noticing and enjoyment. Really be present. You may have a picture of yourself really vibrating with aliveness. Take a good look, and recreate that feeling inside you. Wake yourself up. For example: While drinking water think “wow this feels good...I love it!!”. Really open yourself to being appreciative of all the little things around you in your life.
If you forget, just correct without judgement, and go back to noticing and smiling with appreciation. Behind this is a very powerful part of you that can determine the ‘colours’ you experience inside.
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Bev's Laughing and Breathing Belly Workshop for Children was one of the best I have attended. She has a gifted ability to gently connect with children and teach and share with them her techniques of belly breathing, rooting, mind vacations and laughter. These techniques soothe and calm them whenever they feel overwhelmed or anxious - be at school, home or before bed time. Whether you have an overwhelmed pre-schooler or a test-anxious pre-teen, Bev's approach works! I love that she gave parents the tools to model and share these fundamentals of meditation with their children. I would encourage families to take her course...your children will thank you and you will benefit from ways to keep yourself calm and allow wisdom in.
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