Loving-Kindness Meditation For Someone You Love

Hold someone you love close in your heart with this gentle loving-kindness meditation.
Through a peaceful lakeside visualisation, you’ll be guided to bring someone you care about to mind and offer them heartfelt intentions of peace, safety, love, and ease. As you rest in the warmth of that connection, the practice gently widens to include you too...allowing some of the same tenderness you so readily offer another to find its way back to you.
Inspired by the traditional practice of loving-kindness, or metta, this meditation is a quiet space to nurture compassion, deepen connection, and spend a few meaningful moments with the love you carry for someone special.
Return whenever you’d like to feel close to someone you love, reconnect with what they mean to you, or rest for a little while in love and kindness.
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Music: Constellation - Shuta Yasukochi

Transcript

Welcome, Beautiful ones. For these next few moments. Let this be a space. Just. For you. A space. To soften. To reconnect. With the love. Within your heart. And to offer that love. To someone you care about. Find a comfortable position. Allow your hands to rest softly. If it feels natural. Gently. Close your eyes. Take a slow, Nourishing breath in. And love. Easy. Breath out. Again. Breathing in. Breathing out. Allow your breath to settle into its own natural rhythm. Begin to notice where your body is. Is being supported. Feel the surface beneath you. The weight of your hands. The movement. I'll feel brave. With each breath. Allow your body. To soften. A little more. Relax your forehead. Loosen your jaw. Let your shoulders. Meltdownwood. Your stomach relax. Your legs and feet. Resty. Now. In your mind's eye. Imagine yourself sitting beside a quiet lake. At the beginning of the day. The water. Is calm. The morning air is cool. Against your skin. And the first. Rays of light. Rests gently. Across the landscape. Perhaps. You can hear leaves moving in the breeze. The distant song of a bird. The soothing rhythm of water. Meeting the Shore. Feel the steadiness of the Earth beneath you. The open sky above you. You sit beside the water. Now. Bring to mine. Someone. You love. Perhaps. Someone in your family. A dear friend. A Parshna. Or someone whose presence. Naturally brings warmth to your heart. Imagine this person. Is walking along the edge of the lake. Notice. The way they move. The expression on their face. Their familiar presence. They come. To sit beside you. And together you look out across the still water. For these few moments. You share. This peaceful space. Now. Notice. What you feel. As you hold this person in your heart. Maybe. There is war. Tenderness. Appreciation. A sense of connection. You may feel. A softening. Through the chest. Or a warmth around your heart. As you sit beside this person. Remember that they too. Are moving through the many moments. Of a human life. They have known happiness. And sorrow. Clarity. And uncertainty. Just like you. They wish. To feel safe. To feel peaceful. To be love. To move through life. With greater ease. Begin to offer this person. A few. Quiet wishes. Of loving kindness. You may imagine. Each wish. Resting gently. Upon the stillness of the lake. Creating a soft ripple. Across the water. Quietly offer. These words to this person. May you. Feel safe. May you. Be peaceful. May you. Be gentle. With yourself. May you feel love. And supported. May you live. With greater ease. Allow the words to find their own meaning. Imagine these wishes. Moving towards the person. Like the wolf. Of the morning sun. Quietly reaching them. Resting around them. Gently embracing them. Now, Imagine your loved one looking towards you. Perhaps. You notice kindness. In their expression. A familiar warmth in their eyes. A sense of awe that has been shared between you. Without needing any words. Allow yourself. To receive. But care. That exists between you. If it feels comfortable. Place one head. Over your heart. Feel the soothing presence. Of your head. The rise and fall of your breathing. Allow the circle of loving-kindness. To widen. Holding both you. And the loved one. Beside you. You may whisper these words to me. May we both. Feel safe. May we meet ourselves. With kindness. May we move through life. With greater ease. May we both. Feel loved and supported. Rest here. For a few breaths. Sitting beside. The peaceful light. Held by the stillness of the morning. Allowing love. To be simple. A quiet presence. A gentle wish. A resting place. Within. Your heart. Now. Imagine. Your loved one. Slowly continuing along the path beside the lake. You may offer them one final wish. As they go. May you. Be well. May you know you are loved. Watch as they move into the distance. Carrying your loving wishes with them. And as the image begins to soften. Allow that same tenderness to remain here. With you. Bring your awareness. Into the space around you. Notice your breathing. The support beneath you. The weight of your hands. The sounds nearby. Take a slow breath in… and easy. Breath out. Begin to bring a little movement. Back into your fingers. Your toes. Rolling your shoulders. When it feels natural. Gently. Open. Your eyes. Thank you. For sharing this moment with me. Stay here for as long as your soul needs.