Body scan 20 mins

An exercise to use to ride out strong urges, cravings or compulsions you may experience that my be pleasurable in the short term but which tend to move you away from valued living in the long term. 

urge surfing

An exercise to evoke a  sense of loving connection, kindness and goodwill with others. 

loving kindness meditation

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

This is a led kindly awareness meditation practice as taught by the excellent meditation teacher Jinananda, at the City Lit and the West London Buddhist Centre.

Its purpose is to extend your awareness quite naturally beyond the boundaries of your own body, your own self, to explore your awareness of others, to enrich your own life with a deeper sense of life that is not your own. 

You do this by engaging the amazing faculty we all have to conjure up another person in your own mind. 

Find a posture you’ll be able to sustain fairly comfortably. Either lying down or sitting up. If sitting, it helps to tip the weight forward so that the legs are taking some of the weight from the spine. 

So if sitting on a chair, try raising the back legs a little. If sitting on the floor, sit on enough cushions so that your weight is not all bearing down on the bottom of the spine. Make sure your hands are supported.

You can find other meditations of Jinananda's on jonfrewin's soundcloud page.

A guided Metta Bhavana, or kindly awareness meditation for beginners, by Jinananda

Body Scan

20 min irest Yoga Nidra practice recorded and developed by Dr. Richard Miller Ph.D. www.irestus.com

20 Min IRest Yoga Nidra Richard Miller

This is the Growing Joy Meditation from Elisha Goldstein's 6-month online mentorship program A Course in Mindful Living. Find out more about the Fall, 2018 offering: http://acourseinmindfulliving.com

A Course in Mindful Living

Growing Joy 10 Minutes

This is the Living in Awareness practice from Elisha Goldstein's 6-Month Online Mentorship Program - A Course in Mindful Living. Next course begins October 2, 2017.

Living in Awareness Practice 15 Minutes

2018-10-13 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center

Compassion arises from the willingness to be with suffering. It is a state of great strength and resilience rather than one of weakness or pain. There are many doors to compassion. Explore different ways to access compassion for oneself in this guided meditation.

These talks are offered freely. To donate to support Oren’s work, please visit www.OrenJaySofer.com/support

Oren Jay Sofer

Bringing Ease To Pain, Day 1 Pt 4: Self-Compassion Guided Meditation

This is Alistair Appleton's guided meditation 'Polyvagal Tuning' based on the neuroscientific work of Stephen Porges. It's 25 minutes long.

A guided Metta Bhavana, or kindly awareness meditation for beginners, by Jinananda

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