Guided Meditations from Senior teacher Celeste Young.
 
Titles include: 

10 minute Mindfulness of Breath Meditation

15 minute Mindfulness of the Body Meditation

15 minute Mindfulness of Emotions Meditation

15 minute Loving-Kindness (Metta) Meditation

24 minute Loving-Kindness (Metta) Meditation

25 minute Choiceless Awareness Meditation

25 minute Mindfulness of Thinking Meditation

27 minute Compassion (Karuna) Meditation Meditation

30 minute Equanimity (Upekkha) Meditation

Celeste Young: Guided Meditations.

Body scan 20 mins

This 3 part series is based on a teaching story from the Upanishads that shows our potential to awaken from an ego-based trance and discover the full luminosity and freedom of our natural awareness.  In each class we'll explore one of the three gifts considered as essential on the spiritual path.  The first is the capacity to forgive, to let go of the blame and resentment that prevents our hearts from being open and free.  The second gift is "inner fire," the capacity to devote ourselves wholeheartedly to what we most cherish.  The third gift is a "mirror" or the capacity to look deeply into our own hearts and minds and realize the truth of who we are. Each class includes guided meditations that explore how these gifts can be nourished right here and now in our lives.

Three Liberating Gifts - Part 2 - Inner Fire - TaraBrach

We're often our own worst critics. The negative self-talk can be cruel, it gives depression power and eventually, we start to believe the things we tell ourselves.

We invited one of the world’s leading experts on self-compassion, Dr Kristin Neff, to teach us a thing, or two, about being kind to ourselves.

Some questions we ask:

Why is self-compassion important and what role does in play in our mental health?
Why do some people find it so hard to practice self-compassion?
How do we work through, and breakdown, the resistance we feel?

Want to learn more about Dr Kristin Neff? Here you go:

Kristin studied communications as an undergraduate at the University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1988). She did her graduate work at University of California at Berkeley (Ph.D., 1997), studying moral development with Dr. Elliot Turiel. Her dissertation research was conducted in Mysore, India, where she examined children’s moral reasoning. She then spent two years of post-doctoral study with Dr. Susan Harter at Denver University, studying issues of authenticity and self-concept development. Her current position at the University of Texas at Austin started in 1999, and she was promoted to Associate Professor in 2006.

During Kristin’s last year of graduate school in 1997 she became interested in Buddhism, and has been practicing meditation in the Insight Meditation tradition ever since. While doing her post-doctoral work she decided to conduct research on self-compassion – a central construct in Buddhist psychology and one that had not yet been examined empirically.

In addition to her pioneering research into self-compassion, she has developed an 8-week program to teach self-compassion skills. The program, co-created with her colleague Chris Germer, affiliated with Harvard Medical School, is called Mindful Self-Compassion. Her book, Self-Compassion, was published by William Morrow in April, 2011.

Website: http://self-compassion.org/
Twitter: @self_compassion
Facebook: /selfcompassion

Episode 5: Dr Kristin Neff - Getting to Grips with Self-Compassion

Clip of speech by Dr. Jon Kabat zinn on Zen Center

Jon Kabat zinn on Self Compassion

Meditation teacher and voice actor Elaine Smookler leads a mindfulness practice that consists of laying down and placing attention on each area of your body, from head to toe. 

30-Minute Body Scan for Beginners

Body Scan Mindfulness (12 mins)– Rachel Tobin

Counting Breath Meditation (12mins+) – Rene Frey-Jennings

A guided meditation to get familiar with self-judgements and how we relate to our flaws, so that you can cultivate compassion and recognize your own worthiness.

A Meditation on Your Self-Critical Voice from Diana Winston

“Gather your attention around the intention to cultivate metta in the heart and mind.” "Metta", or Lovingkindness is a meditation practice in which we deliberately cultivate the capacity for caring and kindness. It is an aspect of the awakened heart, known as the "boundless abodes" or "Brahma Viharas" in Buddhist psychology. In this practice, we work with the repetition of phrases as our anchor, gently resting attention in the heartspace.

24 minute Loving Kindness (Metta) Meditation with Celeste Young

Lovingkindness is a meditation practice in which we deliberately cultivate the capacity for caring and kindness. It is an aspect of the awakened heart, known as the "boundless abodes" or "Brahma Viharas" in Buddhist psychology. In this practice, we work with the repetition of phrases as our anchor, gently resting attention in the heartspace.

Celeste Young Meditations

15 minute Loving Kindness (Metta) Meditation with Celeste Young

In this meditation we learn to practice opening to the full range of our emotional experience with open, non-judgmental, and kind attention. As we rest in mindful awareness, we can experience emotions directly- recognizing feelings, allowing them to be as they are, and investigating the experience with curiosity and presence.

15 minutes Mindfulness Of Emotion Meditation  with Celeste Young

The Buddha taught mindfulness of the body as the first foundation of our practice. In this meditation, we learn to work with the direct experience of sensations as they arise and pass away and to inhabit the body fully with presence and caring attention. “There is an immediate experience of sensation - this river of sensation -- and that immediate experience of sensation is where we learn to rest our attention when we are practicing mindfulness of the body.”

15min Mindfulness of the Body Meditation with Celeste Young

Take ten minutes to connect with your breath and realign your body in this light and restorative guided mediation. With characteristic clarity and calm, Senior Teacher Celeste Young gently guides you to rest and relax into the center of your own natural tranquility. “The moment you notice you’re lost in the mindstream, you’re no longer lost."

10 minute Mindfulness Of The Breath Meditation with Celeste Young

Mindfulness of Breath, body, sound and thought

Christine Grace McMulkin is a Certified Mindful Self Compassion Teacher. She teaches Live Online MSC and is also a faculty member of the Centre for Mindfulness Studies.

https://christinegraceandcommunity.com

Loving Kindness for Ourselves

InsightLA offers the highest quality training in mindfulness practices available in the Greater Los Angeles area.  For 16 years, we have offered classes, retreats, and special events, and an open and welcoming community of practitioners.  Though our work is rooted in ancient traditions, we offer classes in both  secular mindfulness as well as the Buddhist Insight Tradition.  All of our efforts are dedicated toward our mission of calming minds, opening hearts, and changing the world.

24 minute Loving Kindness (Metta) Meditation with Celeste Young

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