Loving ourselves (25 min)
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.
Fully supported here and now (5 min)
During this mindful pause, allow yourself to take in the feeling of being fully supported by the energy of the Earth.
Pratique de stabilisation avec corps et respiration (25 min)
Il s’agit d’une pratique de stabilisation et d’ancrage que vous pouvez faire à tout moment. Peut-être après une journée ou une semaine bien remplie, ou lorsque vous êtes confronte à un problème. C’est une pratique simple pour vous aider à vous reconnecter au corps et au moment présent. Cette pratique nous aide à nous recentrer et à calmer l’esprit, en posant notre attention sur un ou deux points d’ancrage, le corps et le souffle.
Courte pause en pleine conscience (5 min)
Faites une pause au milieu de vos activités pour vous re-connecter avec vous-même.
Gentle by Alfred LaMotte
In this touching and tender poem, Alfred LaMotte reminds us that awakening begins with bringing loving presence to our heart and body.
Meditation Resting in Presence (25 min)
This meditation gently guides you towards presence so you can practice resting in open awareness.
Pause pour éveiller les sens (10 min)
Cette courte pratique permet d’apporter plus de vitalité à votre corps, à travers l’ouverture des sens.
Mindful pause to start the day (6 min)
Take a few moments at the start of your day to pause and connect with yourself and with your deepest intention to care and connect with others.
Article on Helpful Reminders for Practice
At the first Mind Life conference in 1987, the Dalai Lama was asked by a journalist what was the happiest moment of his life. He was silent for a while and then he gave a mischievous look and said, "I think now". And this is really the essence of the training in...
Article on learning to let things be
Cultivating the attitude of letting go or non-attachment is fundamental to the practice of mindfulness. But our conditioning is to hold on to things: we hold on to our experiences, the way things are supposed to be, beliefs, material goods, our ideas of what we think life is about. Letting go is not easy. Meditation practice can help us to find composure and resilience in the midst of all the changes in our life. It helps us see that everything passes and that we can rest in the midst of change.
