This is a meditation on compassion using our breath and our heart. The foundation of this practice is to breathe in pain and suffering and to breathe out compassion. For this we begin to imagine ourselves as a “flow through”: the breath comes in, we breathe in the...
Take a moment to pause in the midst of your activities, and offer yourself and others compassion for the difficulties that are part of life. Short Compassion Practice (7 min)...
As we learn to become more present to each moment, and to pay attention to what’s here inside us and around us, we can be touched by all the moments of joy and love that happen in our lives: a corner of blue sky on a winter day, the song of birds in the morning, the...
Self-compassion is often a radically new way of relating to ourselves. With self-compassion we mindfully accept that the moment is painful, and embrace ourselves with kindness and care in response, remembering that imperfection is part of the shared human experience....
When we experience strong emotional reactivity, one practice that is particularly helpful is self-compassion and loving presence. The clinical psychologist and meditation teacher Tara Brach has developed a self-compassion practice based on the acronym RAIN, and it is...
Create a space in the midst of all your occupations to pause and bring your awareness inwards. Ground yourself in the feeling of the body and the breath and bring a kind and welcoming attention to everything that arises, whispering this belongs. This belongs (12 min)...
