Receiving Loving Kindness (Metta) Practice

In this loving kindness practice you will begin by practicing receiving kindness and then shift to offering.

Reviews

Beautiful! Thanks so much for this Jess. Only issue is the meditation ends but then the recording continues for another 90 ish seconds.

Great practice thank you

Thank you for being such a generous teacher/person .. and point of light

Loved the receiving start to the Metta practice and enjoyed the session! Thanks for the guidance 🙏

As a recovering survivor of Childhood PTSD, it’s not surprising that I can and do dedicate my life to extending loving kindness to others - even if it’s not in my own best interest. So working on self-compassion has been a real challenge for me. As was pointed out at the start of this talk/meditation practice, I know there are many others like me - which is where traditional Metta techniques of focusing more time on expanding loving kindness toward others has not been all that helpful.

If that’s been your experience, I highly recommend giving this meditation a go. I found it very, very helpful taking a deep dive on focusing on what it feels like to be loved and build on that. I found it so helpful, that I plan to incorporate this meditation into my regular practice. It was direct, concrete and iterative, which I found extremely helpful. At first, I found it a bit dis-regulating but I’m glad I stuck with it. Namaste.