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Tonglen: A 7-Day Journey Into Compassion
With Grace BryantIf you’re feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or carrying emotional weight, this 7-day course offers a simple way to meet those experiences with compassion—rather than pushing them away. Tonglen is a guided compassion meditation that uses the breath to transform how you relate to difficulty. You’ll learn to gently breathe in what feels heavy or uncomfortable, and breathe out relief, care, and kindness—for yourself and for others. This course is designed to be clear, structured, and easy to follow. Each day builds on the last, beginning with self-compassion and gradually expanding to include other people, relationships, and the wider world. You’ll be guided step by step, with an emphasis on staying grounded and not becoming overwhelmed. Through this practice, you can begin to soften anxiety, support emotional healing, and develop a more steady sense of presence. Many people also experience a greater sense of gratitude, connection, and inner calm as they continue. By the end of the 7 days, you’ll have a simple, supportive practice you can return to anytime you’re facing stress, emotional pain, or uncertainty—helping you respond with more openness, balance, and care.
A simple breath-based practice to transform anxiety, emotional pain, and overwhelm into compassion
About this course
If you’re feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or carrying emotional weight, this 7-day course offers a simple way to meet those experiences with compassion—rather than pushing them away. Tonglen is a guided compassion meditation that uses the breath to transform how you relate to difficulty. You’ll learn to gently breathe in what feels heavy or uncomfortable, and breathe out relief, care, and kindness—for yourself and for others. This course is designed to be clear, structured, and easy to follow. Each day builds on the last, beginning with self-compassion and gradually expanding to include other people, relationships, and the wider world. You’ll be guided step by step, with an emphasis on staying grounded and not becoming overwhelmed. Through this practice, you can begin to soften anxiety, support emotional healing, and develop a more steady sense of presence. Many people also experience a greater sense of gratitude, connection, and inner calm as they continue. By the end of the 7 days, you’ll have a simple, supportive practice you can return to anytime you’re facing stress, emotional pain, or uncertainty—helping you respond with more openness, balance, and care.
Meet your Teacher
Grace invites people into the joyful, sometimes challenging journey of genuine spiritual living — embracing discomfort, shadows, and paradigm shifts. They guide this journey through silence, embodiment, sexuality & intimacy, community building, anti-oppression work, and transforming inherited habits and societal conditioning. A whole-life educator for over two decades, Grace integrates drama, music, movement, meditation, yoga, mindful living, creative play, teamwork, and conscious collaboration. They have been teaching yoga and meditation for 20 years and offer spiritual mentorship, relationship & intimacy coaching, and holistic life coaching. Grace is deeply grateful for the communities, colleagues, and inspirational people in their life who have taught them radical acceptance, creativity in chaos, and tools for personal and societal transformation.