Working with Emotions
How to identify disturbing emotions, their causes and antidotes, and transform them to bring inner peace.
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Connecting with compassion
The importance of having compassionate individuals in our lives, who can inspire our own practice…
View PostThe importance of regular practice
The benefits of a regular meditation practice, the obstacles that may arise and how to…
View PostThe four immeasurables
The four immeasurables—love, compassion, joy and equanimity—present a way to relate to other living beings…
View PostCompassionate thinking and mentalizing
To develop compassion, we want to nurture beneficial and realistic ways of thinking and avoid…
View PostCompassion and empathy
How empathy is a core component of compassion, both in being able to feel compassion…
View PostThe four opponent powers
Explaining the four opponent powers of purification, and encouraging us to take responsibility for our…
View PostStories of forgiveness
Continuing with the Gift of Forgiveness retreat, discussing various stories of forgiveness to illustrate the…
View PostUnderstanding disturbing emotions
Leading a question and answer session and exploring how to understand our disturbing emotions so…
View PostThe disadvantages of holding grudges
Beginning the Gift of Forgiveness retreat, discussing the disadvantages of anger, overcoming a culture of…
View PostWorking with judgement and partiality
A look at the source of our judgement and bias, its influence on interactions, and…
View PostCultivating compassion for ourselves and others
An interview on what it means to have compassion for ourselves, opening our heart to…
View PostSelf-compassion
What it means to have self-compassion and how it helps to cultivate compassion for others.…
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