Learning To Love: A Compassion-Based Practice

A 10-minute compassion-based practice focusing on body image that holds space for radical self-acceptance. Learning to love and accept ourselves with compassion and kindness. This practice reminds us that we are here to be whole and not perfect and at times, it can be hard to love ourselves, but that is okay. We can still create space to repair, heal and nurture our relationships with ourselves, even when self-love is absent.

Transcript

I love my skin,

But it's okay if I don't.

I love my hair,

But it's okay if I don't.

I love my face,

But it's okay if I don't.

I love my body,

But it's okay if I don't.

Arriving into this present moment,

Settling into our breaths and settling into our bodies,

Perhaps taking a moment to get comfortable,

Whether that's eyes open or eyes closed,

Doing whatever feels right for you in this moment.

Noticing the natural rhythm of our breath,

Noticing on the inhale the way the air enters into your nose,

Down your throat and into your lungs,

And on the exhale,

Noticing how it leaves.

And with every in-breath,

We welcome stillness,

And on every out-breath,

Releasing any tension,

Any worries or insecurities that have followed you up until this moment.

Together,

Taking a deep breath in through the nose,

Letting it all go through the mouth.

Each breath going deeper,

Becoming softer,

Relaxing and embracing the present moment.

Now noticing our bodies,

Noticing any tension,

Any resistance,

Any tightness,

Placing our awareness to our toes and our feet,

Repeating after each breath,

Placing our awareness to our toes and our feet,

Repeating after me,

I love my feet and I love my toes,

But it's okay if I don't.

I am learning.

Placing our awareness to our legs and our thighs,

And gently repeating after me,

I love my legs and I love my thighs,

But it's okay if I don't.

I am learning.

I am learning.

Placing our awareness to our stomachs,

Repeating after me,

I love my stomach,

But it's okay if I don't.

I am learning.

Shifting our awareness now to our chest and to our hearts,

Repeating after me,

I love my chest and I love my heart,

But it's okay if I don't.

I am learning.

Taking a moment now to notice our shoulders and our arms and our hands and our fingers,

Repeating after me,

I love my shoulders,

I love my arms,

And I love my hands and my fingers,

But it's okay if I don't.

I am learning.

Noticing our face,

Noticing the eyes and the nose and the mouth,

And our ears,

And gently repeating after me,

I love my face,

I love my eyes,

I love my nose,

I love my mouth,

I love my ears,

But it's okay if I don't.

I am learning.

Taking a moment now to notice our bodies,

Maybe noticing the parts of our bodies that we are at war with,

Repeating after me,

I love my body,

But it's okay if I don't.

I am learning.

Striving for wholeness and not perfection,

Striving for acceptance and not tolerance,

Striving for neutrality,

Striving for self-reliance,

Striving for self-reliance,

Striving for neutrality and not positivity,

Placing our left hand over our heart and our right hand over our stomachs,

Holding ourselves here with compassion and with love and with kindness,

Repeating these affirmations after me,

I accept myself,

I accept my flaws,

I accept my imperfections,

I am repairing the relationship with myself,

I am healing the relationship with myself,

I am nurturing the relationship with myself,

I am patient with myself,

I am understanding myself,

I am understanding myself,

And I myself is enough,

I am enough.

And together taking a deep breath in through the nose and letting it all go through the mouth,

And again taking a deep inhale in through the nose,

Letting it all go through the mouth.

Can you feel that?

This evolution,

Revolution,

Rebirth of ourselves,

Honoring,

Accepting and nurturing ourselves just as we are,

Appreciating ourselves just as we are,

Loving ourselves just as we are.

As this practice comes to an end,

We become present to our bodies into the breath,

Into the room,

Maybe inviting movement back into our toes and our hands,

Awakening the body gently,

Whatever feels right for you,

Slowly opening your eyes and thanking yourself for being in practice.

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Reviews

I love your voice , when you do another recording, concider talking as if you are just talking to one person , as when people are listening, they are all listening as one person , even if in a group 😍🤩

Your voice is so soothing and this was beautiful thank you

Beautiful. I really appreciate the affirmations at the end of this meditation. Thank you for your warm voice and energy! 🙏

I loved everything about this meditation, especially for Valentine’s Day. I will continue to love the parts of me that are easy to love and learn to love the parts that are harder to love. Thank you as always 🫶🏽

Subtle and calming. Easy to follow. Just what I needed this morning..xx

Gentle and immersive…felt restorative… thank you miss Dora for your enchanting voice! ✨🙏🏾✨

This has become one of my favorite practices. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you. I needed this so much today. Your voice has a real calming tone. This practice was greatly appreciated.

I really really connected with this one! Beautiful 🧘🏽‍♀️🙌🏾🌸

I was a little taken aback from the “neutrality not positivity” message, I think I have to meditate on that. Lovely meditation.

This was amazing. A gently guided body scan ancklowledging real feelings and encouraging acceptance v. positivity. Thank you.🙏🏼

Love all of your meditations Thank you so much for bringing inner peace to my life

Thank you so much for this self compassionate meditation.

Really appreciate the phrasing used to access stronger self acceptance! I'll use the wording and apply it to other areas where I'm seeking radical self acceptance 🤗❤

Beautiful. I feel so reassured after this. I am learning. 🙏🏻

I feel so in tune with myself! 🙏🏻 very grateful for this wonderful meditation!

You're so necessary. Thank you for sharing this amazing practice and thank you for allowing myself to understand that I'm still learning. Axé!

Thank you for this — it totally turned my day around and brought me back to being grounded in the moment 🖤

So dope!! I’ve not done a body scan that focuses us to appreciate AND accept where we are with in our relationship to it ( the body). So empowering!!!

Learning to accept oneself. A long journey always starts with the first step. Gracias 🙏🏻