Principles and clear practices for wise mindfulness with emotions. An alternative to "RAIN" is "RAFT": recognize, allow, feel, tease apart (and trust).
As mindfulness practice unfolds, our experience of dukkha (suffering, dis-ease) naturally shifts and changes. Compassion morphs to meet it. This talk explores five faces of compassion that are cultivated through our mindfulness practice: patience, capacity, humility, spaciousness, and not-self.
We invite the mind and body to unwind easefully, as we arrive for this first full day of practice. This guided meditation emphasizes simplicity, ease, and settling while introducing mindfulness practice with the breathing.
