In our last post: A Simple Practice to Discover how Deeply you Love Yourself, we discussed the struggle many of us face in loving ourselves. The simple act of looking at ourself in the mirror and saying “I love you” is often challenging, because the concept of unconditionally loving ourselves, exactly as we are, isContinue reading “A Simple Practice to Break through the Protective Shell around our Hearts”
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Meditation Technique – I Love You
A simple practice to chip away at the protective shell covering our hearts, by telling ourselves “I love you”. Adapted from Whatever Arises, Love That, by Matt Kahn Watch the rest of the discussion: Meditation Conversation 7-22-21 More Meditation Techniques
Embracing Love for Ourselves: Overcoming Guilt and Shame
Embracing Unconditional Love, Part 1 Last week in our post on the New Spiritual Awakening, we discussed the wave of awakening that is rippling through humanity, a rebirth of consciousness based on Unconditional Love. I gushed on and on about the wonders of Love and the hope it brings for humanity. But you might beContinue reading “Embracing Love for Ourselves: Overcoming Guilt and Shame”
Embracing Love for Ourselves: Overcoming Guilt and Shame (Video)
Guilt and shame are common obstacles preventing us from loving ourselves unconditionally. Insights from cognitive science and Buddhism can help us move through these obstacles and begin to feel Love in our hearts. This is Part 1 of a 3-part series called Love Yourself, Love your Life, Love the World. Watch the rest of theContinue reading “Embracing Love for Ourselves: Overcoming Guilt and Shame (Video)”
Meditation Technique – Loving your own Heart
A technique to help us feel Unconditional Love in our hearts. Watch the rest of the discussion in the Meditation Conversation on 6-24-21. More Meditation Techniques
Meditation Technique – Cultivating Unconditional Love
A technique for cultivating the feeling of Unconditional Love in our hearts. Watch the rest of the conversation in the Meditation Conversation on 6-17-21. More Meditation Techniques
Meditation Technique – Loving your Heart
A technique involving imagining the love you would feel for a scared, lonely, innocent being, like a puppy or kitten, and then pouring that love into your own heart. Watch the rest of the conversation in the Meditation Conversation on 6-10-21. More Meditation Techniques
Experiencing Unconditional Love
The experience of Unconditional Love is available to us all. Here I describe a personal encounter with Unconditional Love, at the Ancient Resonance Retreat in the foothills of the Rockies. Watch the rest the discussion in Meditation Conversation from 4-29-21. More Mindful Living
How we Lose Touch with our Hearts
Growing up, most of us experience wounds and traumas that teach us to close our hearts and protect ourselves. We develop a protective shell, to shield us from pain, but this also prevents us from hearing our hearts. Watch the rest of the conversation in the Meditation & Mindfulness Conversation on 4-22-21. More Meditation &Continue reading “How we Lose Touch with our Hearts”
The Subtle Art of Following your Heart
A personal story of the transition from a head-based life to a heart-based life, including the challenges of making this transition. Watch the rest of the conversation in the Meditation & Mindfulness Conversation on 4-15-21. More Mindful Living
Abbey of the Redwoods 