Loving-Kindness & Compassion

Loving-kindness and compassion practices train you to extend warmth and care - first to yourself, then to others. These meditations can shift how you relate to difficult emotions, tough relationships, and your own inner critic.
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Breathing Meditations
8 Breaths to Joy: A Guided Practice 

Using the breath, this practice encourages compassion and can help focus your attention to better work with roadblocks and difficult moments throughout the day. Read More 

  • Tim Desmond
  • March 15, 2016
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Loving-Kindness & Compassion
How to Choose Self-Compassion 

When we listen to the nagging, negative voice inside our heads, we push ourselves too hard—and we push ourselves away, too. When you learn to love yourself, your relationships will improve for the better.  Read More 

  • Carley Hauck
  • February 8, 2016
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