Have you ever noticed that when you see a friend or family member glowing with happiness because they are going on their dream vacation, or they landed a job they truly love, you feel a twinge of envy instead of true happiness for them.
How is that we have learned to feel our own happiness is diminished by their happiness? It could be because we feel that happiness is limited within the world live. The opposite is true there Read more…
This is a good loving kindness practice that I can certainly appreciate.
We all find it hard to accept ourselves and the world just as we are, to not react to pain by closing down our hearts.
We have been conditioned to respond with unkindfullness, aggression and hatred. When the opportunity to react Read more…
The world is filled with magic and it is also filled
with sadness. With this loving kindness practice, you may be able to cultivate a sense of stability in yourself that allows you to accept sadness and not just cling to joy.
These past few loving kindness practices that I have shared with you are about dealing with our difficult emotions. Read more…
How do you deal with emotions of anger, fear, grief and disappointment within you? When they arise in you do you react to them with meanness self judgment and anger, or with kindness and compassion?
Do you tell yourself you shouldn’t have these feelings? I know from my own personal experience I almost feel that I should just ignore them or change my attitude. Especially being raised a Read more…
This loving kindness meditation is about one of our most important physical and emotional parts of our body. Our hearts. Your heart is a muscle.
It needs to be exercised.
If your life experiences led you Read More...
Have you ever noticed that the sky isn’t harmed by the clouds that pass by? Whether the day is gray and bleak, or bright blue with wispy tendrils of clouds, the sky remains unchanged.
We can learn to be this way with our own feelings. No matter what’s going on around us, through the cultivation of awareness and mindfulness of the moments we can establish a place within us that is stable, unchanging.
The next time when the world Read more…
I love this loving kindness meditation, it gave me a new perspective on how to deal with the not so pleasant issues in our lives.
We can give ourselves a sense of peace when we can begin to face life just as it is, no artificially induced highs, no Read More...
If you find yourself getting upset or anxious over a situation ask yourself have I felt this way before? Even though the situations change and our emotions change, the same old stories we tell ourselves with past situations and past emotions are repeated in our minds and Read More...
What can you do when your life feels overwhelming? Unfortunately nobody else can do your emotional work for you. You will have to reach deep down inside yourself and find your own answers. The next time you feel overwhelmed by your life and and the ability to meet its challenges, try using loving kindness.
Try meeting these feelings of being overwhelmed and anxiety with kindness, friendliness and compassion. Whether you Read more…
When I came across this loving kindness meditation I was so filled with peace right away. These past couple of years I was consumed with loss. Family members died, a lot of relationships changed. This put it into perspective for me.
Every time I had loss or a change that was not expected it always brought me fear. I now know I can let go without having to fear, and I will still be ok, I will still be connected to the world and to the ones I need to be.
I hope this helps you feel the Read more…
Do you often feel when you go throughout your daily routine it starts to become a struggle? You no longer like your job that at first you were excited about.
I know as Women especially we are pulled in so many directions, home, work, caretaker and the list goes on and on.
Do you ever take time to really listen to your self talk as you go about your day? You are probably saying Read more…
A lot of us do not like change.
A wise person once said “The only thing in life that does not change is change itself”. Life is a constant cycle of beginnings and endings.
Your grandmother dies, your best friend announces she is expecting
a Read More...
This meditation is a good way to keep our minds in the positive and not the negative. Life is hard right now for alot of us and we need to keep our spirits up.
One way to experience more gratitude for life is to count your blessings. With this Mother day coming up Read more…
It is hard sometimes to forgive, but I think it will only make me a better person in the end. I hope this helps you if you need it.
We have all been hurt by someone, past or present. Many of us carry that hurt around longer than we should. When we continue to carry this pain, anger, resentment with us, we are really hurting ourselves.
It can really keep us from living in the present Read more…
I think this meditation is a very important one on the road to self improvement, spiritual growth or whatever path you are on. I struggle with this, although I find as I get older I have become more forgiving towards myself and accepting of my faults. I wake up everyday teachable and hope to always stay that way.
Whether you take time each day to fully meditate, which would be considered formal meditation or you simply Read more…
This week I would like to share the loving kindness meditation on feeling safe and protected. We have all experienced unpleasant, distressing events that have left us feeling unsafe, insecure and as if we are in harm’s way.
As you bring attention to feelings of security Read More...
I like how that sounds, love travels like the wind.
Ghandi referred to love as the “subtlest force in the universe”, because like the wind it can travel anywhere. Love is a deep feeling of good will that actually has the power to Read More...
We are always so easy to forgive others but not ourselves. Forgiveness is essential to letting go of self hatred and self judgment. When we forgive ourselves, we release deeply held negative feelings and it frees us from the past.
You can choose to do this Read More...
I would like to share with you some loving kindness meditations to help during stressful situations. You know when you get up in the morning and your running late and then you get stuck in traffic and from that point on your day is ruined.
Well take kindness Read More...
I wanted to share with you some more Loving-Kindness meditations. The first one is the informal practice of walking meditation. Think of all the different circumstances that call on you to walk during the course of a each day. You are walking from the time you get Read More...
Now I want to continue the Loving-Kindness Meditation with you.
The next step in the book is about walking and exercising in more ways than one.
Peaceful walking is a wonderful exercise, especially if you are feeling agitated or restless. It gives the body something to Read More...
I really liked this part of the Loving-Kindness meditation, I think it is something all of us struggle with.
Learn to Befriend Yourself
If you feel bad about yourself, your sense of self-worth may be low Read More...
Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all doing well, I am doing good. I want to begin to share the Informal Practice of Loving-Kindness with you.
Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all doing well. I am doing good.
In my last article about loving-kindness meditation I finished with there are two ways to practice it, formal and informal. Today I am going to share with you the formal way.
You can practice both of them together or Read More...
Hello Everyone,
I hope you are all doing well. One day I was at Borders Book store and when I walked passed the Spirituality section a certain book stood out to me. I did not have much time to glance through it, I just felt It was meant for me to read. Then when I got home and looked into the book further, I realized it is just what I need to read and share with everyone.
It is a guide for us on a spiritual journey to reach true enlightenment. It emphasizes that we need to take Read More...
