Developing Self-Compassion

By: Tara Brach

A profound transformation can occur just by training your attention in awareness—a practice sweeping the country with its capacity to decrease stress, cultivate inner calm, and expand wisdom and creativity. Clinical psychologist and meditation teacher Tara Brach has been at the forefront of mindfulness-based therapy since its inception, and here offers a traditional loving kindness meditation with a neurologically-based relaxation technique known as “smiling yoga.”

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This session is excerpted from Tara Brach’s 2-CD audio program Mindfulness Meditation.

Beautiful and to the point

A loving guided prayer directed to self and others.delivered in the soft gentle manner for which Tara is known

Great mediation follow

I love this for a weekly mediation great reminder to stop and be still and relax.

Peaceful and wise.

Im listening back to back this morning. She offers a way to be the best human I can/-my goal

Very effective tool to counter negative self-talk.

Very helpful learning to be kind to yourself. You learn to love yourself and others more.

Grateful

I was feeling so much fear this morning and down and this helped me shift and accept myself exactly where I was.