Rooted in Gratitude: Science, Indigenous Wisdom, and a Seven-Day Compliment Challenge for Healing This Thanksgiving

Gratitude is much more than a seasonal pleasantry; it is an embodied, transformative practice that offers profound health benefits on physical, psychological, and relational levels. As autumn settles in and the rhythm of the holidays approaches, embracing gratitude offers us medicine for body, heart, and community. This article blends scientific research, Indigenous perspectives, and a seven-day compliment challenge, ending with an invitation to a gratitude-focused yoga class.

Practical ArticlesSierra WagnerNovember 17, 2025gratitude, thanksgiving, indigenous peoples, native americans, grief, compliment challenge

Make Every Month Earth Month by Connection to Nature

Mother Earth invites us to let in more gratitude and reverence – spiritual qualities that we need more of in our lives. This leads to a deeper connection with all of life and the ability to see our environment not just as something ‘out there’, but as something we are part of and have a role to play in. As we become more and more aware of our sacred relationship to the earth, our spiritual work becomes that of earth’s recovery.

Practical ArticlesSierra WagnerMay 9, 2022deep ecology, nature, yoga outside, yoga outdoors, gratitude