Compassion & Self-Compassion
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Sense the moment.
Ancient wisdom for the present time.
Mindfulness, gentle Yoga, compassion, and the deep relaxation of Yoga Nidra. Tools for a beautiful life.
Compassion and non-judgmental noticing are keys to mindful awareness. You cannot think or act mindfully if you do not also hold a certain amount of awareness of and compassion for others and yourself.
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The Importance of Compassion Practices
Engaging in focused compassion practices, allows you to work with the roots of compassion that already lie within you.
On nurturing empathetic tendencies, you build them into active, intentional parts of your daily life.
“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Reactivity vs. Compassionate Consideration
Without a compassionate view, we will continue with our usual habits of analyzing harshly, and rush to draw conclusions. Instead of brainstorming for creative solutions, and considering options, we will be more reactive and closed-minded in our approach.
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Benefits of Compassion Practices
Within your formal meditation time, you can become aware of, and learn to focus on compassionately considered viewpoints. This kind awareness you cultivate is then available to you during the day, even outside of your formal meditation time.
Research in the fields of meditation and compassion is showing that these practices have effectively helped people to:
- Reduce stress
- Reduce feelings of alienation
- Dissipate, and work with, anger and fear
To feel compassion is, in essence, to feel a connectedness with others. With a compassionate view, we tend to notice what we hold in common. We can notice one another’s desire to live happily and free of pain, and on noticing this, we can begin to find solutions that bring us together rather than set us apart.
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