Compassionate Break - Short Practice

A nice short practice to just sit and contemplate a diffult moment and how then to direct your attention towards others and respond in a kinder way towards ourselves. It is nice to just allow ourseelves to recognise we are having a difficult time and yet we can hold it and then respond with kindness and more beneficial actions. Once you have learnt the routine you may find that the response starts to kick in as a trait in normal daily life.

Transcript

Self-compassion break and so just taking a moment,

Pausing,

Reflecting,

Just recognizing what is happening in this moment.

Just whatever is presenting itself right now,

Just noticing.

And then saying to ourselves,

This is a moment of suffering.

And you may find it helpful to put your hand over the heart as you recognize this suffering.

Just finding our own way just to really acknowledge and be with whatever difficulty is arising for us right now.

And perhaps feeling the warmth of our hands as a response to our own suffering.

And then we can begin to consider that suffering is part of the human condition and we're not alone in this at all.

Others also have difficulties similar to what I'm experiencing right now.

Suffering is part of the human condition.

May I respond with kindness?

Just getting a sense of how we can respond to this difficulty.

And notice how it feels to repeat that phrase once again.

May I respond with kindness?

And then just releasing the hands,

Taking a moment just to notice once again how we are.

And then continuing with the Adi,

With an intention of caring for ourselves,

Being kind.

Reviews

Nice, quick reminder for self compassion. Thank You.