Our capacity to love ourselves is often awakened in us through having received love from others. Most of us will have loved and received love from someone along the way, maybe from a parent, a caring teacher, a friend, a neighbour or a pet. Learning to recognize and accept that love from outside can awaken our capacity to give it to ourselves. Loving ourselves starts with learning to be a good friend to ourselves, treating ourselves with kindness and respect as we would a dear one.
We will practice this during this loving kindness meditation.
Loving ourselves (25 min)
