That’s the gift of compassion. Opening up, and knowing that you have the strength and the space to embrace whatever comes your way. As you go about your days, preparing for the holidays, notice how compassion shows up in your life—where it naturally arises and where it might need some cultivation. 

3 Ways to Bring Compassion into Focus

  1. Open your heart. To connect more deeply with others, we must face the one person that we’re hardest on: ourselves. There’s nothing special you must do to deserve love. As meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg reminds us, it is simply because you exist. Try this 15-minute meditation to offer yourself generosity, love, and goodwill.2. Appreciate your community. When we remember what we share as human beings, as well as the beautiful ways we are different, we open ourselves up to compassion in a very powerful way. Mindfulness teacher Mirabai Bush offers this 7-minute visualization practice that invites us to remember that the people we encounter, even the difficult ones, are “just like me”—in this way we invite more empathy, compassion, and kindness into our lives. 
  2. Consider how you can serve the moment. Mindfulness teacher Michelle Maldonado asks us to be curious and open not only about what serves you—your self-care, and your capacity for resilience—but what wise actions you can take that can serve others. Explore this lovely 12-minute practice and give yourself the gift of setting honest intentions about how you can show up for yourself and your community. 

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Amber Tucker December 1, 2020

Michelle Maldonado November 30, 2020

Steven Hickman November 17, 2020