A 17-Minute Meditation to Direct Compassion Toward Ourselves
Directing Compassion Toward Ourselves—Vinny Ferraro
We’re typically our own harshest critics. We tend to hide our flaws and mistakes, projecting a perfect outward image. In this practice, we can bring compassion to our imperfections and mistakes. This shift helps us approach the very difficulties that we’ve been desperately trying to avoid, so that they can become the sources of our awakening, of our wisdom, of equanimity.
A 6-Minute Loving-Kindness Meditation for Your Loved Ones
A Loving-Kindness Meditation for Your Loved Ones—Atman Smith
Relationships are complicated. Conflicts can arise in ways that make it difficult to express love to those we care about the most, or perhaps to those we care about who are no longer with us. In this practice, we focus on sending love to the people we hold dear in a way that is nonjudgmental, non-discriminatory, and honest. In this way, we tap into the love we already have around us and practice sending our dear ones love.
A 40-Minute Meditation For Deep Healing of Ourselves and Others
A Loving-Kindness Heartscape Meditation—Jon Kabat-Zinn
Loving-kindness can allow us to soften our approach to difficult events and emotions. Working with this intention allows us to observe pain and other difficult emotions without completely succumbing to them. Compassion humanizes our emotions and makes them more approachable. In this guided practice, we observe difficult emotions in a way that embodies loving-kindness and compassion. This approach lets us be strengthened by our flaws and mistakes, not feel defeated by them.
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How to Be More Compassionate: A Mindful Guide to Compassion
Through loving-kindness and practicing awareness, you can connect more deeply with both yourself and others. Explore our new guide to lean into kindness and cultivate compassion every day.
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This Loving-Kindness Meditation is a Radical Act of Love
Jon Kabat-Zinn leads us in a heartscape meditation for deep healing of ourselves and others.
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How Sewing My Own Clothes Helped Me Love Myself
Mindful’s managing editor Stephanie Domet on how to align with your values, love yourself more, and have a truly intentional wardrobe, just by taking fashion into your own hands.
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