Gratitude Blooming 2021 Facilitator License
License for 5-100 monthly participants (contact us for larger subscriptions) through December 31, 2021.
Our facilitator license includes:
Access to our Digital Gratitude Blooming Card Deck that can be used from any device;
Ready-to-use, customizable facilitator PowerPoint deck to guide your group experience;
Beautifully designed green screens to bring nature into your zoom calls;
20-minute optional phone consultation with a member of our team;
Extra 10% discount in our shop for you and your community;
For additional monthly resources around a specific theme (Guided Meditations, Journaling Pages, and relaxing Coloring Pages), try adding on our Gratitude Blooming Individual Practice Kit!
Already have a license? Access the Gratitude Blooming Digital Deck
A Simple and Effective Approach to Bring People Together
When our clients use our gratitude connection exercises as an ice-breaker or meeting opener, they witness people slow down, see themselves and each other in a new light, and engage in real, authentic dialogue that would not have happened otherwise.
Gratitude is a proven approach to increasing resilience, collaboration, and civic engagement. To have this sustained impact, we developed a unique gratitude experience that goes beyond counting blessings and appreciating one another. Our group connection tool includes a set of reflective practices integrating the science of gratitude, character strengths research, and nature therapy to foster meaningful engagement.
Check out our interview with Tina DeSalvo where she describes how she integrates the Gratitude Blooming Card Deck in one of her designs during a leadership retreat she held.
Bring Nature's Magic IntoYour Zoom Space...
The Digital Gratitude Blooming Card Deck is the perfect group connection exercise or icebreaker for your next team meeting or facilitated experience.
You can access it from your mobile device or desktop computer and use it as a conversation starter by picking a card and sharing insights on your next video call.
Watch a replay of our hourlong Thankful Thursday Gratitude Circle to see the magic of the Digital Gratitude Blooming Card Deck in action!
In this interactive guided practice, our co-founder leads a large group in a grounding meditation, tapping into our inner wisdom and drawing upon the strength of nature.
Do you have a larger group or need a custom branded experience?
Contact us and we can work together to design the ideal solution for you and your group!
What Our Facilitators Love …
Amazing energy shift
"Today, I shared the Gratitude Blooming cards with 80 program leaders. Amazing energy shift in the room as people reflected on unique cards they randomly selected. We talked about the challenge (and release) that comes from seeking gratitude around “beautiful sadness,” “impermanence,” “tenacity,” and “remembrance”. And the gentle joy that is rediscovered when considering “simplicity,” “wholeness,” and “grace”. Folks then responded individually to prompts on large posters, placing their reflections up in silence. As those assembled quietly read the statements on these “Gratitude Gardens,” an unanticipated feeling of connectedness emerged and it felt like anything was possible. The capacity and potential of those assembled was palpable — I was in awe."
Shannon Mong, Psy.D., Director of Innovation Initiatives
Opening up through personal stories
"People who never talk in our group sessions were sharing stories and opening up with their peers. By the end, they were having conversations without the facilitators."
Melissa P, Clinical Director
Increased staff and client engagement
"Our clients and staff are more positive, motivated, and engaged with one another!"
Jennifer S, Director of Nursing
Read more about our partnership with Telecare here.
Simple yet meaningful
“This session was such a wonderful gift to me. It reminded me of what's most important in life. I so appreciate you. Thank you. Also LOVE all the beautiful garden resources.”
“I really needed this today, and it demonstrates how much I need it going forward.”
“Gratitude is powerful even in the smallest ways, taking time to incorporate even one strategy can make a difference.”
“I'm struck by how simple yet meaningful the questions can be.”
NASPA - 2019 Gratitude Workshop Participants
Bringing healing to hospitals during COVID-19
"Your beautiful cards made a horrific, chaotic time (COVID-19) more manageable for some of our nurses. In fact, I was hearing, "Wait...I want to pick" when I introduced them. The two priests in the waiting room were also extremely elated and thanked me especially during this time. I saw one of the priests in the hallway later in the day and he stopped me. He asked for the cards. As I was pulling them out of my lab coat pocket he said, "it's your turn." "I bet no one even asked you to pick a card!" I teared up with his thoughtfulness."
Bernadette M., Healthcare Leader
A powerful way to cultivate vulnerability
"The Gratitude Blooming card deck provides a robust framework and tangible process for people to cultivate vulnerability through gratitude. It’s a powerful way to create group connection at the start of a workshop, meeting or training!"
Jeannine A., Leadership Coach & Trainer
A beautiful tool for personal and collective introspection
"The Gratitude Blooming cards have allowed me to take pause, reflect and refocus in both my personal and professional life. I've witnessed the cards be used to foster stronger connections between anyone from lifelong friends to perfect strangers.
Having seen the dynamic conversations generated by these cards in my own friendship circles, I decided to take a chance and try it on with my students as part of a closing circle the week before Thanksgiving. My students seemed to be drawn to many elements: the art, the symbolism in nature, the guiding questions and prompts. It struck me that I didn't have to do much explanation - people seem to intuitively approach the cards in whatever ways feel authentic to them.
Building on that, I continued to use the cards within varying sizes of groups and roles in my professional community, for multiple purposes, including to build community, to share personal stories and to reflect on issues of equity and justice."
Natassia Pura, Instructor/Staff, Stanford Teacher Education Program
Life-altering experience for my own gratitude practice
“Not knowing anything about a gratitude circle, but having my own practice of daily gratitude, I was blown away by the powerful experience facilitated by Omar and Belinda - and I've been a weekly regular participant ever since, even moving other appointments around my schedule to be fully present. Participating in a virtual, Zoom-platform, may not sound like it can be transformative - but I can honestly say that the experience was life-altering for my own gratitude practice! The use of Zoom has made this space both intimate and safe, while not being as scary as it could be joining an in-person group for the first time. And the sharing of reflections, experiences, and ideas has been a beautiful relational experience. The Gratitude Blooming cards and questions have added an unique dimension to the Circle.”
Karen H.
Our Story
We are a small, purpose-driven business founded by two women of color based in the San Francisco Bay Area. We believe that world change begins with our own inward journeys. Our mission is to bring healing and inspired connection in the world.
We combined our passions around art and community-building to create a simple experience for people to make a meaningful connection with themselves and with others—loved ones, co-workers, and even strangers on the street.
The drawings and handwritten themes of Gratitude Blooming are born of subtle moments of connection Arlene had with the plants in her garden. We invite you to make meaning from your own interpretations of the artwork and enjoy the sweet imperfections and mysteries of life.
“These gratitude blooming drawings are based on 'warrior' flowers that have shown up for me over the last couple of years. They have always felt like a reminder from nature to notice both the delicate beauty and the power of life -- the same beauty and power that can be found in each of us when we make the effort to really look and to trust ourselves.”
ARLENE KIM SUDA
