Hello and welcome to this Beginner's Loving Kindness Practice.
With me,
Keziah Gibbons.
I invite you to take this moment to make yourself comfortable.
Coming into your practice space and ensuring that your body is supported.
And taking a moment to arrive in the space.
Perhaps your breathing becomes deeper or easier.
Perhaps your body relaxes slightly.
As you give the next few minutes to this practice.
Leaving everything else aside for now.
The loving-kindness practice involves directing positive wishes.
And is science-backed,
So I invite you to try it for at least a week.
Maybe eight and see how you get on with it.
In this beginner practice,
You'll be offering loving kindness to yourself,
Which is a great place to start.
So,
In the spirit of loving-kindness for yourself.
Turn inwards with all the compassion you have.
You might want to place your hands on yourself or express kind attention towards yourself another way.
Just coming into that kind attention towards yourself.
And when you're ready,
You're just going to repeat three kind wishes.
Aloud or in your mind's voice.
As you send compassionate attention to yourself.
May I be happy.
May I be healthy.
May I be safe.
Just repeating those kind intentions towards yourself.
May I be happy.
May I be healthy.
May I be safe.
And then once more,
Really knowing that you deserve these kindnesses.
May I be happy.
May I be healthy.
May I be safe.
And then allowing that energy of self-compassion stay with you,
Just experiencing it for a few moments more.
And that's our practice for today.
I do encourage you to come back to it many times,
Just taking these couple of minutes for a little self-compassion.
Trust me,
It'll go a long way.
I'll signpost to some longer and more complex loving-kindness practices in the description,
But feel free to stay with this one if you liked it.
Thank you for practicing with me.
From Metier.
May you be happy.
May you be healthy.
And may you be safe.
