Compassionate U-Turn

Compassionate U-Turn

Mar 9, 2021 | Blog, Self-Compassion

This meditation was developed by Dr. Chris Germer: Instructions “Please find a comfortable position and take a few deep, delicious breaths. Allow yourself to settle into your body and your chair.” Soft Gaze “Please bring to mind a face, especially the eyes, of a...
Connecting with the Wish to Be Loved

Connecting with the Wish to Be Loved

Mar 9, 2021 | Blog, Self-Compassion

This resourcing practice meditation was offered by Dr. Chris Germer during his recent workshop on ‘The Antidote to Shame’.   It is designed to help us experience the innocence of our shame – that it comes from a universal wish to be seen and loved....
My Balm by Jane O’Shea

My Balm by Jane O’Shea

Nov 18, 2020 | Blog, Meditations, Self-Compassion

I close my eyes and sigh, and here I am lying in the hammock in my heart. Moving gently, with the soft air of my breath. When I fall from my head past my words, I’m caught lovingly by the hammock of my heart and rocked to its rhythmic beat. It is my peace, my rest, my...
Kindness

Kindness

Oct 18, 2020 | Blog, Self-Compassion

Kindness Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you counted and carefully saved, all this must go so you know how desolate the landscape can be...