Let yourself think of someone you care about. Picture them, remember them, see them in your mind's eye or hold them in your heart. Imagine their happiest moment as a child. Then begin to wish them well: "May you be joyful. May you remember the child of spirit that was born in you. May your joy increase. May the causes for happiness and joy grow stronger in your life." Then imagine this person wishing the same for you.

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Joy (Mudita) Meditation - Jack Kornfield

Body Scan (20 mins) – Susan Manning

***Please read first as there is an exercise to do before listening

Before listening:

- Please tune in and write a list of those in your life you feel insecure about when you see what they have - and what you want. Perhaps you feel inferior to them because of it. Or jealous or competitive. Whilst this is designed for ‘what others have’, it can be applied to any area and use the meditation to adapt to that area. The list doesn’t need to be long and you can always return to this meditation another time with a new list.

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There is great power in transmuting your shadow into light. Here is one such exercise in the form of a blessing.

I created this for anyone who is working/expressing/creating, to help move beyond the idea that 
a) feeling Insecure about where you are at compared to others is to be judged. 
And, 
b) how to transmute this into a treasure. Here now for your growth 🙏🏽

This journey is to Bless those in your life who you feel insecure about when you compare yoursef to them. If we allow these feelings to continue, it can cement powerful statements about reality. It can prolong ideas about Scarcity, We are not good enough. Others have it easy and we don’t. 
Also it can lead to victimhood and unhealthy comparison. 

Competitiveness, Unhealthy Comparison, Insecurity are normal and its important we do not pretend we dont have it, repress it or judge it within. 

Instead we can transmute it through the power of Blessing.

When we do this we acknowledge the truth that life is infinitely abundant and everyone deserves happiness. As we do this, we simultaneously acknowledge that we also are part of that abundant Universe. Plus it feels incredibly liberating!

This journey is targeted towards those who are doing work of some kind, yet can be applied to anything as well.

Blessings on your journey

Meditation by Vaz Sriharan

Blessing those who have what you want

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

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

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 1 - Forgiveness - Tara Brach

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 3 - Looking In the Mirror - TaraBrach

In this teaching David James Lees and Alexandra Lees explain how you can manifest real change in your life by gaining the courage to step beyond fear and self-doubt.

David and Alex offer practical tips and advice on how to eliminate the core beliefs that hold you back; how you can become clearer and more focused on your true purpose, life goals and dreams; and the steps you need to take to turn them into a reality.

The podcast also includes a guided meditation with powerful self-enquiry questions and affirmations.

How to Create Profound Life Changes - David James Lees - Alexandra Lees

A wonderful guided meditation from the classic Pema Chodron program, Perfect Just As You Are
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Perfect Just As You Are with Pema Chodron Meditation preview

Listen to an excerpt of Sharon Salzberg's REAL LOVE audiobook, read for you by the author.

You are a person worthy of love. You don't have to do anything to deserve all the love in the world.

Real Love is a creative tool kit of mindfulness exercises and meditation techniques that help you to truly engage with your present experience and create deeper love relationships with yourself, your partner, friends and family, and life itself.

Sharon Salzberg, a leading expert in Lovingkindness meditation, encourages us to strip away layers of negative habits and obstacles, helping us to experience authentic love based on direct experience rather than preconceptions. Across three sections Sharon explains how to dispel cultural and emotional habits and direct focused care and attention to recapture the essence of what it is to love and be loved.

With positive reflections and practices, Sharon teaches us how to shift the responsibilities of the love that we give and receive to rekindle the powerful healing force of true connection. By challenging myths perpetuated by popular culture, we can undo the limited definitions that reduce love to simply romance or passion and give the heart a much needed tune-up to connect ourselves to the truest experience of love in our daily lives.

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Real Love by Sharon Salzberg, audiobook excerpt

Mental Noting Meditation(10 minutes)

Mindfulness Works is New Zealand’s largest provider of mindfulness training.  

Mindfulness Works vision is:
“To significantly improve the mental health and well-being of all New Zealanders. To foster self-acceptance and self-love in all.”

Mindfulness Works offers:

- Regular public introduction to mindfulness and meditation courses throughout New Zealand
- Workplace, organisational and corporate training
- One-on-one mentoring, coaching and training in mindfulness and meditation


Body Scan (20 mins) – Susan Manning

Mindfulness Works

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