You can be brilliant and courageous, and kind and generous-In fact, you're more likely to succeed if you practice compassion.
06:47 min
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With just five minutes of meditation a day, you can dial down that constant inner chatter and turn up the volume of your true positive essence.
You may not consider how to befriend yourself in meditation, but when you shift your mindset, you can develop a friendly and compassionate approach to the practice. Try the following five practices and approaches to meditation.
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JoAnna Hardy teaches us the famed Buddhist practice of metta – offering love to ourselves and others.
How to love yourself and others.
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“My mind is so busy, I really need to meditate.” “My mind is so busy, there’s no way I can meditate.
If you grew up in struggle―overcoming homophobia, sexism, trauma, shame, depression, poverty, toxic masculinity, racism, or social injustice―you need a different type of meditation . . . one that doesn’t pretend the struggle doesn’t exist.