Acknowledge, Feel, Soften

This is a guided practice to help you welcome and soften into the present moment. Gil Fronsdal is the co-teacher at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California and the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, California.

Please note: This track was recorded live and may contain background noises.

Reviews

This short meditation led me into a longer sit of nearly 25 minutes. My deep bows to this teacher. I am now following him and shall return to learn more. Feeding my soul ☺️namaste 🙏🏼🕊️🎶

Gil is a treasure.

I just love Gil. One of the best!

Wonderful

Amazingly supportive to my practice....acknowledge, feel, soften! so simple, such a stretch

Thank you, very simple and helpful.

Perfect!

Thank you
Okay

Well guided

Gil Fronsdal instructions and guided meditations are the best! Gentle and straightforward, steeped in 2600 years of spiritual wisdom.

Simple, straightforward, and easy to follow—thank you! Great instruction.

It would be great if Insight Timer had more Gil Fronsdal meditations. He’s a wonderful teacher!

Excellent guidance. However, It ended abruptly.

A simple, yet beautiful practice. The recording is fairly short but could be used as the start of a longer sitting.

clear, sweet, and gentle.

Nice and short

Gil Fronsdal is one of the most legit teachers of Buddhism in the west.

Thank you. I'm managing a lot of sadness and grief right now and I needed to hear these words. Acknowledge. Feel. Soften.

Your guidance has a strong positive effect on my life and how I relate to it. Thank you!

Thank you. I enjoyed this as much as your talks on Zencast.org... When my thoughts are racing, listening to those teachings is often the best way to calm my mind. And I often get a laugh out of them too!

Great lesson!

Thank you Gil! 🙏🏼

Just lovely as can be - acknowledge, feel, soften, of course!

Gil is my fave

Really great way to start the day.

Thank you Gil.❤️🙏

All time favorite teacher!!

I love this

I certainly feel soft after this. I've been listening to Gil for years and I really appreciate his teachings and meditation.

I love Gil's presence and the simplicity of this meditation.

Always in my favourites

C

Gentle voice, clear guidance. Thank you Gil Fronsdal.

Gil has a gentle, clear, calming teaching style. Good for self-compassion

A simple short and useful meditation. Thank you.

I enjoyed this meditation, but I have no idea what he meant by softening your awareness. Hmm.

A soothing pause.

Great short meditation, Gil is always so calming and healing to listen to.

I love all of Gil's guided meditations and dharma talks.

Great quick relaxation!

Gil, give very direct and soft guidance ti the practice. It is just what I need, right now.

Great mindful meditation!

So helpful for lead into a longer meditation

Always love Gil's talks, this is another powerful, transformational guilded meditation.

Very basic but important instructions!

Perfect pace

Essential, open, calm. Thanks

Gill is a master !!

Simple but profound

Superb from Gil, a wonderful teacher.

Lovely.

Gentle and compassionate.

Very helpful in this exact moment to move through a huge upset the broken boundaries. I think I'll listen robot again to help soften more.

Just what I needed in times of needing to live in the moment.

I love this meditation so much!

simple and essential.

Thank you, Gil.

Short and sweet.

Very straight forward and pratical.

Nice :)

The concept of softening feelings is a good one to meditate on

Thank you

Sound quality isn't that great, but the message was extremely helpful.

Just what was needed to start my meditation.

A short focused meditation that is very relaxing!

Great teaching!

Great for beginners to focus on breath. Wait for cough as bell at end!!

Nice concepts and practice.

Great pick me up and slow me down. It helps me to re-center during a busy day. Thanks Gil.

Simple and clear

Easy and simple... I like

A nice reminder.

Thank you so much

Gil is great

I love Gil's meditations and having seen him at imc he presence as well - it's healing and inspiring! Much metta and thanks!!!

Nice, gentle meditation, thanks.

Acknowledge feel soften

Great guided meditation ... Very wonderful overall 🙏

Gil Fronsdal's dharma talks and guided meditations on iTunes Zencast are amazing. His manner of speech is top knotch.

Lovely

Love Gil !! This is a great short medi!! Short and profound.

The 3 cues given, acknowledge, sense, soften , are key for any meditation and essential for a brief one.

Love his calm voice and friendly style. Enjoy his teachings on audiodharma too.

I enjoy Mr Fronsdal's teaching style

Thank Thank you for this moment with the little light i am

Thanks I needed that

Very useful!

Great. I was deep into it that the bell in the end brought me back. Love it

Notice feel soften is how I'd remember this so as to call it up during a time when my mind is running away with me.

Thank you Gil. Perfect as always.

Thank You! Very useful!

Nice

I love Gil Fronsdal.

The Time Went By So Quickly! I Really Enjoyed The Concept Of Rotating Between Acknowledgment, Experiencing (Feeling) And Softening As A Practice For Mediation.

Bravo. And Thank You!!

Loved it....I think. Threw me into such a deep meditation I did not "hear" all. :-)

Nice!

Short yet very effective

Very nice down to earth touch.

Fantastic.so refreshing and empowering. My body and mind are now one

Very helpful