Picture someone you care about, someone you love. Feel the natural well-wishing of love. Surround them with care:

"May you be held in compassion.
May your struggles and sorrows be eased.
May your heart be at peace."

Now imagine that this person wishes the same for you.

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Compassionate Heart Meditation — Jack Kornfield

May you be at ease.
May you be well.
May you be healed.
May you be happy. 

As you offer this lovingkindness to yourself, imagine you can fill yourself with the light of your loving awareness.

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Solstice Meditation — Jack Kornfield

Sense your heart, mind and body in a deeper way than you do when you're going about your day. As you explore this different dimension, you might notice there are all kinds of feelings beneath the surface. As you sit quietly, let yourself sense your connection with the earth, a grounding as if you have energetic roots that grow into the earth that are steady, deep and connected. Feel the whole energy field of the body with a loving awareness that has no judgment but is kind and curious.

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Steady Heart Meditation — Jack Kornfield

Let the breath be natural. Let the heart be soft to receive whatever arises with compassion. Now with this embodied presence, begin to notice the play of your human experience—sensations, sounds, feelings and thoughts. Become the loving witness of it all.

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Calm, Clarity, Compassion Meditation — Jack Kornfield

Notice as you feel the breath, that who you are is not this breath, or this body, but you are loving awareness, the loving witness. You are consciousness itself—open, spacious, letting the breath breathe itself. Experiences can rise and fall in a field of loving awareness. Notice how emotions, feelings and thoughts rise and fall like the waves of the ocean; you are the loving witness to them all.

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Loving Witness Meditation - Jack Kornfield

Gently acknowledge any strong waves of thought or emotion that pull you away from the breath. Let them rise and fall, then return to breath. Become the mindful loving witness of each breath. 

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Mindful Loving Witness Meditation — Jack Kornfield

Release whatever wants to be let go of in this moment. Let yourself become loving awareness itself. Feel yourself relax with each breath. You can nourish, connect, and come to rest. As you feel the breath come and go, there will likely be a stream of thoughts. Bow to your thoughts and say to yourself, “I love it when they come, and I love it when they go.” You can rest here and now in the reality of the present.

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Nourish And Connect Meditation — Jack Kornfield

Let yourself settle here on the Earth. Feel how the Earth can completely support you. You can let go. Let the heart be soft to receive whatever arises with compassion. Invite presence. Acknowledge the waves of experience.

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This meditation was originally livestreamed by Spirit Rock on 4/25/22.

Opening The Heart Meditation — Jack Kornfield

Let yourself be settled. Turn your attention to here and now, and the present experience. You can rest on the Earth with ease and trust in this moment. With this embodied presence, begin to notice the experiences here and now. There will be sensations of the body, sounds, emotions, feelings. A parade of images and thoughts will come and go. You can take your seat just where you are, in the midst of these rising and passing experiences. 

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This meditation was originally livestreamed by Spirit Rock on 5/16/22.

Here And Now Meditation — Jack Kornfield

Compassion is the tenderness of the heart when it encounters suffering. For the circle of compassion to flow it requires the care of those suffering around you but that circle must include one other being–yourself.

Heart Of Compassion Meditation - Jack Kornfield

If you find yourself in the midst of grief, anxiety, or frustration, you can respectfully acknowledge these feelings and then change the channel.  You can connect with a parallel universe of abundance, generosity and joy. They are here in the present. As you sit, hold your body with loving awareness and thank it for all that it has carried. Tell your body “You can relax, I’m OK now.” Next, hold your great heart with loving awareness and thank it for all it holds.  Let your body be at ease, your heart soften. The mind that has been so busy—thank it for trying to protect you. Invite your mind to relax. Say “I’m OK just now.” Envision a field of goodness—there are a billion acts of goodness happening in the world right now by parents, children, friends, teachers, nurses, doctors, artists, cooks, healers—so many of us tending one another with love.

Align Yourself with Goodness Meditation - Jack Kornfield

Jack Kornfield is an American Buddhist teacher. He is a founder of the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin County, Calif., where he lives & teaches.

Compassionate Heart Meditation — Jack Kornfield

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