Kindness is a gift you can give to yourself and others. "Be kind to yourself and be kind to others" is a sentence that is great to repeat and remember each day in as many situations as you can. With practise, you can improve at this skill each day!
Closing your eyes if you feel comfortable to and then become aware of your breath just notice it without changing it notice the in-breath and the out-breath see if you can keep your mind and focus on the breath if you notice your thoughts or your mind wondering this is okay just gently and with kindness bring your awareness back to your breathing with practice you will improve at this skill kindness is a gift you can give yourself and others be kind to yourself and be kind to others is a sentence that is great to repeat and remember each day in as many situations as you can try repeating it internally now be kind to myself and be kind to others be kind to myself and be kind to others keep going with this and get a really good sense of how this feels be kind to myself and be kind to others be kind to myself and be kind to others what kindness can you offer yourself today it could be speaking kindly towards yourself if you make a mistake or congratulating yourself if you do something well it could be taking time to do an activity you enjoy like reading or drawing or doing a puzzle or playing with your favorite toy what will you do for yourself that is kind today take a moment to visualize this now are you able to offer kindness to anyone else today it could be offering to help someone up if they fall down in the playground it could be asking someone to join your game it could be complimenting someone on their work what can you do to offer kindness to someone else today visualize yourself doing it now I believe that the more kindness you can offer yourself the more you will have to offer others and if you are overflowing with kindness for yourself then there will come times when you can offer kindness to others even if they aren't kind to you with practice you will improve at this skill now bring your awareness to your heart and let it fill with kindness fill yourself up with kindness and then allow it to overflow all around you breathe in and breathe out breathe in and breathe out breathe in and breathe out wriggling your fingers and toes and opening your eyes feeling full of kindness for yourself and kindness for others and take this feeling with you throughout the rest of your day breathe in and breathe out
