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Metta (Loving-Kindness) Practice

by Whit Hornsberger

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4.7
Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Everyone
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This guided metta (loving-kindness) practice towards 'ourselves' will support cultivating the heart to abide in patient, loving-acceptance (rather than aversion) towards those 'undesirable' psychophysical phenomena which are bound to arise upon the meditative journey.

MettaLoving KindnessHeart CenterRepetitionBreathingMindfulnessRelaxationIntentional BreathingMindfulness And JoyBody RelaxationMetaPhrase RepetitionsPractices

Transcript

Please take a few moments to find a comfortable position for your meta practice.

This may be seated on the floor or upon a chair.

This may be lying in bed.

Wherever you may be,

Meta may be practiced.

Please take a moment to settle into relative stillness.

Eventually inviting the windows of the eyes to close.

And taking a few moments to arrive with three intentional breaths in through the nose,

Out through the mouth.

With each exhale relaxing through the muscles of the body.

Guided meta or loving kindness practice.

Take a moment gently drawing your attention to the heart center.

And for some if you'd like,

Gently placing a hand upon the center of the chest.

We will work with four meta phrases.

Moving through from one to four and then starting the cycle once again.

If and when the mind drifts away from these phrases of meta,

Please have meta for the wandering mind.

Having loving kindness and gently and compassionately returning to the first phrase.

Softening through the body.

Attention at the heart center.

Beginning by silently repeating,

May I be filled with loving kindness.

May I be filled with patient endurance.

May I be well within body and within mind.

And may I be peaceful and at ease.

May I be filled with loving kindness.

May I be filled with patient endurance.

May I be well within body and within mind.

And may I be peaceful and at ease.

May I be filled with loving kindness.

May I be filled with patient endurance.

May I be well within body and within mind.

And may I be peaceful and at ease.

I mean to silently repeat these phrases.

May I be filled with loving kindness.

May I be filled with patient endurance.

May I be well within body and within mind.

And may I be peaceful and at ease.

May I be filled with loving kindness.

May I be filled with patient endurance.

May I be well within body and within mind.

And may I be peaceful and at ease.

May I be well within body and within mind.

And may I be peaceful and at ease.

May I be filled with loving kindness.

May I be filled with patient endurance.

May I be well within body and within mind.

And may I be peaceful and at ease.

And may I be peaceful and at ease.

May I be peaceful and at ease.

May I be filled with loving kindness.

May I be filled with patient endurance.

May I be well within body and within mind.

May I be filled with loving kindness.

May I be filled with loving kindness.

May I be filled with patient endurance.

May I be well within body and within mind.

And may I be peaceful and at ease.

May I be peaceful and at ease.

May I be filled with loving kindness.

May I be filled with patient endurance.

May I be well within body and within mind.

And may I be peaceful and at ease.

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Meet your Teacher

Whit HornsbergerAljezur, Portugal

4.7 (586)

Recent Reviews

Peggy

January 4, 2026

I have never done a meta that spoke so clearly to me.

Shauna

January 30, 2025

This is lovely. Perfect for starting my day. Thank you!

Megan

March 28, 2024

Beautiful and creative phrases. I feel calmer and more peaceful. Thank you! 💛

Terry

December 13, 2022

Thank you for helping me find that peaceful center that exists within us all 🙏🕉❤️‍🔥

Sean

May 4, 2022

Just what I was looking for: clear, uncomplicated, loving kindness

Scott

January 15, 2022

Wonderful peaceful a great treat to start or finish the day

Nancy

May 31, 2021

Thank you Whit. I was your barber when you were a little guy here in Regina!

Lynne

April 21, 2021

Love this, thank you 🙏🏻

Beatriz

July 27, 2020

Thank you! ❤️🙏🏻🍃

Gemma

March 16, 2020

Wonderful way to start the day - so gentle and kind in presentation and approach. Thank you.

Jamie

January 24, 2020

Wonderful metta meditation. Thank you! 🙏

Krista

January 8, 2020

I enjoyed the simplicity of this practice. Thanks very much:)

Shanna

November 27, 2019

Thank you for this peaceful metta variation 💜

Christine

November 20, 2019

Fantastic, simple and powerful meditation. Thank you!

Val

November 19, 2019

Beautiful, calming and spacious metta. Bookmarked. Thank you ❤️.

Shem

November 19, 2019

Perfect. 🙌🏼✌🏻🙌🏼

Suzanne

November 19, 2019

I love this meditation, May I share it with my yoga students at the end of class?

Bobbie

November 19, 2019

Nice mix of silence and instruction. I loved the bells too

Nila

November 19, 2019

I really enjoyed the peaceful simplicity of this meditation. Thank you 🙏🌸☮️

DeAnn

November 19, 2019

Thank you. Beautiful

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