Permission to Heal

Permission to Heal Guided Meditation #2 - A Break for Self-Compassion

November 15, 2021 Marci Brockmann Season 1 Episode 54
Permission to Heal
Permission to Heal Guided Meditation #2 - A Break for Self-Compassion
Show Notes

For these GUIDED MEDITATIONS which are gifts from me to you, find a quiet space to sit and relax for 5 minutes and listen to the sound of my voice and let it carry you into your own mind and into a brief meditation that you can call upon your own at any time or listen to again and again. 

"In guided meditation, our practice is shaped by another person’s voice. Because the mind has a tendency to wander where it will, many of us find it easier to focus and relax when our minds aren’t entirely left to their own devices."– What is Guided Meditation?  

"Having compassion for oneself is really no different than having compassion for others. Think about what the experience of compassion feels like. First, to have compassion for others you must notice that they are suffering. ...Second, compassion involves feeling moved by others’ suffering so that your heart responds to their pain (the word compassion literally means to “suffer with”). When this occurs, you feel warmth, caring, and the desire to help the suffering person in some way. Having compassion also means that you offer understanding and kindness to others when they fail or make mistakes, rather than judging them harshly. Finally, when you feel compassion for another, it means that you realize that suffering, failure, and imperfection are part of the shared human experience. “There but for fortune go I.”

Self-compassion involves acting the same way towards yourself when you are having a difficult time, fail, or notice something you don’t like about yourself. Instead of just ignoring your pain with a “stiff upper lip” mentality, you stop to tell yourself “this is really difficult right now,” how can I comfort and care for myself at this moment?


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