Loving Kindness For Opening Your Heart To Yourself & Others

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Loving Kindness For Opening Your Heart To Yourself & Others

by Linnea Nordstrom

Rated

4.7

Type

guided

Activity

Meditation

Suitable for

Everyone

Plays

137

Research suggests that loving kindness meditation can reduce stress, enhance emotional well-being, and promote positive relationships. By dedicating time to this practice, you're investing in your own mental and emotional health, ultimately fostering a more compassionate and loving outlook on life. During this session, you'll be gently guided to focus on heartfelt phrases of loving kindness, allowing them to resonate deeply within you. As you immerse yourself in this practice, you'll gradually cultivate a sense of warmth and compassion, both towards yourself and others in your life.

Loving Kindness Meditation Emotional Well Being Stress Reduction Compassion Visualization Connection Breathing Body Scan Heart Visualization Symbol Visualization Love Visualization Loving Kindness Meditation Compassion Cultivation

Meet your Teacher

Linnea Nordstrom

Canada

Meet your Teacher

Linnea Nordstrom

Canada

Transcript

Make yourself comfortable. Sit, Lay down or place yourself in any position that feels the most comfortable to you. Focus on your internal energy and grow your self-awareness. Become in tune with your true inner being. Simply sit with yourself. Remember to breathe fully and meaningfully. Address your physical body. Utilize your conscious mind to navigate the internal workings of your human form. Release the tension within your toes and feet. Relax the energy and muscles within your calves and shins. Relieve the pressure within your knees. Energetically massage your thighs, Hamstrings and upper legs with your mind. Drop your pelvic floor. Allow the positive healing energy between your hips and within your pelvis to flow freely. Soothe the inner workings of your stomach and digestive tract. Take long breaths. Take deep breaths. Take meaningful breaths. Feel your stomach expand and contract fully. Acknowledge your heart within your chest. Feel the life within you. Feel the love flow through you. Drop and relax your shoulders. Allow your arms to drape and hang. Open your hands to the universe. Allow them to rest easily. Release the tension around your collarbone and within your neck. Remove the tightness in your throat. Unclench your jaw. Part your teeth slightly. Unpurse your lips. Relax your cheeks and your nose. Brush away the pain and tension behind your eyes. Relax your eyelids. Unfurrow your brow. Release any tension within your forehead. Consciously massage your head with your mind. Run through your hair. Massage the skin on your scalp. Massage the skin on your scalp. Massage the energy. Utilize this moment to allow your body, Mind, Spirit, And entire being to relax, Unwind, Letting go absolutely and completely. From the top of your head to the tips of your toes, Allow this positive energy to wash over you entirely. Feel the positive energy surround you. Feel the positive energy heal you. Take long breaths. Take deep breaths. Take meaningful breaths. Feel your stomach expand and contract fully. Use your mind's eye to envision a deeper part of yourself. Your ideal self. Picture the version of yourself that you appreciate most. Imagine the part of you that is kind. Imagine the part of you that is loving. Imagine the part of you that embraces positivity in the world. This is your highest self. Acknowledge how this version of yourself makes you feel. Experience how you become uplifted by this version of yourself. Become in sync with the positive healing power that this version of yourself provides you. Simply notice how existing within this part of yourself makes you feel happy and inspired. Give yourself the love you deserve. Exist within your highest self. Create a familiarity around your highest self. How do you picture this energy within you? You may assign it a basic symbol. What does the symbol look like? You may see it as something as simple as a color. Maybe you recognize it by the way that it smells. Maybe you can taste it. What flavor do you sense? Maybe you recognize your highest self by the way that it sounds. Maybe you can sense your highest self by the vibration that it makes. Can you feel it running over your skin? Can you feel it coursing through your body? You can sense your highest self in any way that feels most natural to you. Familiar with this energy. With your highest self. Deeply. As you are here, Begin to imagine a collective of people forming a circle around you. This circle consists of your family and relatives. This may be your mother, Father, Sister, Brother, Grandmother, Grandfather, Aunt, Uncle, Cousin and anyone else related to you. They may be currently living or already passed on. Sit at the center of this circle. This is your blood tribe. Complete with those who make you feel happy. Those who maybe make you feel frustrated. Those who you feel love for. Those who you miss dearly. Those who you miss dearly. Know that each of these souls, Much like you, Deserve happiness, Kindness and love. Existing within your highest self, Feeling uplifted, Loving and kind. Extend this positive energy to your blood tribe. Send this flow of energy throughout your circle. Allow each being within your circle to know. You want them to be happy. You want them to receive kindness. Let them know that you do not want them to suffer. Let them know that you love them. As this energy radiates around your circle, Also open your heart to receive. As your tribe will be sending you kindness and love in return. Bask within this heartfelt exchange. Remember to breathe. Fully, Deeply and meaningfully. Begin to allow your circle to grow. See your closest friends join within the circle. Your circle becomes bigger. These are your friends who make you happy. These are friends who sometimes make mistakes. These are friends who make you smile. These are friends who laugh, They may be currently living or are already passed on. Welcome your friends into your circle. Welcome your friends into your circle. As you did before, Extend your love and energy to all who are in your circle. Remove any negative judgements that may be lingering in your heart. Let go, Grow and prosper. Share within your circle your light and energy. See the souls of all who are existing within your circle. Allow each being within your circle to know. You want them to feel joy. You want them to receive compassion. Let them know you do not want them to feel pain. Let them know that you love them. As this energy flows around your circle, Open your heart again to receive. As your friends will be sending you kindness and love in return. Float within this shared, Loving energy. Remember to breathe. Fully, Deeply and meaningfully. Expand your circle now. Make room for all people in your life. Past or present. Welcome your neighbors, Colleagues and acquaintances. Welcome the person who passed you on the road today. Welcome the call center agent you spoke with on the phone. Welcome your elementary school teacher. Welcome your family and friends. Welcome your group fitness instructor. Welcome everyone. And watch your circle become abundant. There is an array of existing feelings you hold onto, Pertaining to each being within your circle. Hold on to the good feelings. Allow the negative feelings to pass. Expose your highest self to your growing circle. Allow them to be nurtured by your energy. Become nurtured by their energy in return. Allow each being within your circle to know. You want them to live with a full heart. You want them to experience positive energy. Let them know you do not want them to feel alone. Let them know that you love them. As the sharing within your circle continues, Open your heart completely. Receive love from all who are willing to extend it to you. Live within the kindness and love that you are witnessing here. Fully, Deeply and meaningfully. As a collective, Encourage each and every being within your circle to band together. Connect each other's energies and watch it brighten. And as your collective creates an electric center of powerful healing vibrations, Allow this energy to rise up and expand into the rest of the universe. Giving love and kindness to the universe. Receiving abundant and unconditional kindness and love from the universe. And infinite connection and bond between you and the unlimited possibilities of the universe. That is what exists here. Be one with the universe. As you carry on as a spiritual being living the human experience, Share your smile with the world. Allow the world to smile back at you. Be kind to those you are blessed to share your life with. Be open to receive kindness in return. Make it known that you do not wish anyone any harm. Allow those who wish to care for you to do just that. May you always know and experience loving-kindness. Be compassionate. Receive compassion. Understand the intricacies of life and the world around you. Overall, May you feel wonderfully good. Share this enlightenment with all who you connect with. Share this enlightenment with all who you connect with. Allow it to expand and travel. We are one with the universe. We are all sharing the same flow of energy. The more connected we are, The better we will all begin to feel. The better we feel, The more freely our love will begin to grow. The more you embrace this reality, The more you will begin to witness it within your physical world. Existing within this loving-kindness energy, Simply allow this energy to flow within you and allow the energy to flow around you. There is no effort required. Harnessing this energy and sharing this energy is a part of our natural ability. Simply bathe in it. Experience it. Enjoy it. Benefit from it. For a peaceful, Extended moment. For a peaceful, Extended moment. Exist within this energy. This loving-kindness energy. Nearing the end of your meditation. As you begin to come through, Remember to bring your loving-kindness energy with you into the physical world. Allow it to brighten the lives of those around you. Allow it to pave the path to the life, Allow the next few guiding sentiments to bring you peace. Have love for every living being. I have love for myself. I may share my love with others. I can easily receive love. Be authentic. Be kind. Be happy. Be happy. Begin to smile. Begin to stretch. Move and wiggle your toes and fingers. Slowly begin to open your eyes. Become fully aware of your surroundings. And continue into the world with good intentions and a full heart. Namaste.