As part of the UK based non-profit, the Mindful Living Community, Lucy Chan teaches mindfulness, self-compassion & Buddhism internationally. She leads retreats for the mindfulness charity The Sharpham Trust & co-created their Self-Compassion programme. Her interests lie in learning how to befriend & embrace our inner landscapes whilst relating to the outside world & others in a kind & compassionate way. As a practising medical doctor, she understands the importance of integrating mindfulness and self-compassion practices as a way to keep balance in everyday life.

Pleases visit https://www.mindfullivingcommunity.co.uk/ for more information.

Self Compassion Break

Affectionate Breathing

Recorded during live meditation session.  Trigger warning:  background noise.

Start by developing stillness, relaxation, and rest in the body by gently focusing on the breath and the pleasant qualities of the breath.  Deepening stillness, relaxation, and rest by moving from observer of the breath to feeling the breath or being the breath or communing with the breath (whatever those are).  Then, offering ourselves words of kindness, compassion, support, guidance, love, etc. and allowing them to land, to truly land, and to soak down into our bones.

Stillness, Rest, Relaxation, And Kindness

Mindfulness of the Body as a Whole

Breathing Meditation Introduction from Sharon Salzberg's, "Real Happiness"

Breathing Meditation Introduction

Kristin Neff Body Scan

Mindfulness For Health The Compassionate Acceptance Meditation

A practice to step you through ways of activating your body's calming system; feeling grounded, sensing the rhythm of your breath, aware of an upright and receptive posture, physical touch and connection to a warm and friendly tone to your inner voice. Practicing this formally will assist you to come more readily to these skills informally in your everyday life when you need them.

Tina Gibson's Album

Activating your calming-caring system

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.

Soles of the Feet

How do we relate to people who are wildly different? In truth, we have more in common than not. When we can see one another with the heart and eyes of wisdom, we're reminded that there is something bigger than all our ideas.

Visit  https://www.jackkornfield.com for meditations, articles & other materials.

This meditation was originally livestreamed by Spirit Rock on 11/23/20.

"Just Like Me" Compassion Practice & Meditation—Jack Kornfield

Adapted from from “QUEER MORNING BLESSINGS / BIRKOT HASHACHAR”
Written by Dori Midnight & Randy Furash- Stewart 
Music by Batya Levine

Stillness, Rest, Relaxation, And Kindness

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