A Guided Journey to Compassion

A GUIDED JOURNEY TO COMPASSION

Discover the compassion within. Begin cultivating your compassion skills and developing your own practice through eight learning videos and eight guided meditations.

Kick off your journey to a deeper understanding of compassion and the practice of meditation with a look at what compassion means — in ourselves and in the world. Then, get a few basic tips to set your meditation practice up for success.


1LEARN

2PRACTICE

CONNECTING TO A MOMENT OF NURTURANCE

When we feel safe and cared for, it opens the door to possibility. Connecting with a personal experience of receiving kindness calms body and mind, helping us to extend care and kindness to others.

 

 

DEVELOPING STABLE AND CLEAR ATTENTION

By connecting with a moment of safety, and becoming inspired to cultivate compassion, we turn first to settling and steadying the wandering mind, becoming more skillful with our emotions.

 

 

ENHANCING SELF-AWARENESS

Deepening self-awareness, we can learn to observe the flow of thoughts and feelings, gaining freedom from unhelpful emotional patterns and habitual reactions.

 

 

CULTIVATING SELF-COMPASSION | PART 1

Gaining freedom from unhelpful emotional patterns and habitual reactions, we can come into a kinder relationship with both our strengths and vulnerabilities.

 

 

CULTIVATING SELF-COMPASSION | PART 2

Knowing that life’s ups and downs are inevitable, we can find meaning in setbacks by seeing them as opportunities for growth.

 

 

EXPANDING OUR CIRCLE OF CONCERN

With a clearer awareness of our vulnerabilities and strengths and a broader perspective on our ups and downs, we can see that we share the same human condition with others. Extending this perspective, we can bring more people into our circle of care.

 

 

DEEPENING GRATITUDE AND TENDERNESS

The bond we share through our common humanity is deepened by seeing how so many others help us every moment of every day. As gratitude emerges, our warmth and tenderness toward them grows.

 


HARNESSING THE POWER OF COMPASSION

Gratitude unleashes our warmth. Aware of what others are up against, those feelings of tenderness propel us to find ways to help.


3ACT

COMPASSION THROUGH DAILY ACTION

We encourage you to inject meaningful action and intention into your day by making a difference through daily acts of compassion.

4JOURNAL

COMPASSION THROUGH REFLECTION

Reflect on what you have learned, practiced, and enacted through daily journaling. See what important insights, surprises, or questions arise.




THE JOURNEY TO COMPASSION IS ONGOING

Every act of compassion matters. Helping a single person who then might become capable of also helping others is an effective compassion shift. We each make a difference to the future.


WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO THE ROB AND MELANI WALTON FOUNDATION

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