Live A Life Of Loving Kindness - by Tony Brady

COURSE

Live A Life Of Loving Kindness

With Tony Brady

Session by session, and beginning with gentle thoughts of Loving-Kindness applied to yourself, you will be encouraged to extend kind thoughts in ever-widening circles until the whole of existence has been saturated with your positive vibes.

CompassionForgivenessLoveSpiritualityMindfulness MeditationHappinessRelationshipsSpiritualityMindfulness

Meet your Teacher

Tony Brady
Dublin

Tony Brady has been contributing meditations and reflections on Insight Timer since 2006. His meditations encourage the practice of gratitude, forgiveness, beginning again, present moment awareness and the spreading of kindness and goodwill day by day.

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12 Days

7.0k students

4.8 stars

7 min / day

Compassion

English

Lesson 1

Loving Kindness - Welcome

The lesson explains the value of the practice of Loving Kindness or Metta as it is known in Buddhism and how over the course of 12 lessons the listener will be guided to offer Metta to the entire universe.

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Lesson 2

Loving Kindness - The Self

We direct loving-kindness to ourselves, reflecting back over our life stages, the joys the sadnesses, the hopes, the fears, the successes and failures, all the ups and downs as we tumbled along life's way bringing us in gratitude to today

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Lesson 3

Loving Kindness - The Most Loved

In this meditation, we extend lovingkindness to the person or persons in our life that we love the most. We picture them in our mind's eye, reflect lovingly upon them and give thanks for a relationship that means so much.

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Lesson 4

Loving Kindness - Family

We extend loving kindness to our family. These relationships are among our most significant and enduring connections. These bonds can provide incredible support and joy. As the saying goes “blood is thicker than water”

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Lesson 5

Loving Kindness - Friends

Friendship is so important. We read how the world is suffering from an epidemic of loneliness in a time when we have never had more means of communication. This requires a remedy. We offer lovingkindness to our friends

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Lesson 6

Loving Kindness - Acquaintances

In this lesson we reflect upon people whom we might describe as vague acquaintances, the near strangers we interact with daily, people we meet in shops and supermarkets, people we pass as we go about our day, We see how they too can benefit from loving kindness thoughts.

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Lesson 7

Loving Kindness - Service Providers

In this lesson we see the value of extending lovingkindness to our unsung heroes, from sanitation workers and delivery drivers to grocery clerks and public transport employees. So many people play crucial roles without which our day-to-day existence would be significantly more challenging.

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Lesson 8

Loving Kindness - LIfe's Tapestry

Our lives have been influenced by so many. People come and go in the course of our lives and in this lesson we reflect on the importance of sending thoughts of love and kindness to those who have been part of our journey

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Lesson 9

Loving Kindness - Difficult People

By everyday measures some people do not merit the receipt of a lovingkindness reflection. But with mindfulness practice we see that thoughts of love and kindness cannot remain in the closed circle of the people we know and love.

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Lesson 10

Loving Kindness - Digital Friends

We move on in this part to think about our digital friends, individuals with whom we interact with the aid of technology. These may be long-standing colleagues and friends but more particularly new connections made through online hobby or interest groups. What a wonderful world.

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Lesson 11

Loving Kindness - People Of The World

In Lesson 11 we see you we can call to mind all the people of this Earth, people of every race, colour and creed, people in all circumstances, and how it is possible to extend thoughts of lovingkindness to each and every one.

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Lesson 12

Loving Kindness - Cosmos

In this final lesson we extend loving-kindness to all sentient beings everywhere. We offer love not only to this beautiful planet which has given life to everything that has ever lived upon it but right out to the furthest reaches of the cosmos.

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Ask your teacher

This course includes 146 community questions and 135 audio replies from Tony Brady. The community classroom and teacher audio replies are only available via the app.

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Recent Reviews

Megan

February 4, 2026

Lovely. I found it so helpful to foster self love and to extend thoughts of love and kindness beyond myself as a counter to hopelessness, anxiety, and fear about the state of the world. Thank you.

Forevernovember

February 1, 2026

This was inspiring. I am trying to practice loving kindness every night, before starting meditation, for all the beings of our wonderful Earth 🌍Thank you for this course 🙏

rosaleen

January 30, 2026

Really lovely thank you Tony

Dewald

January 13, 2026

A lovely approach to sharing metta with ourselves, loved ones and then in an ever-widening circle of encompassing generosity. Thank you for your beautiful words, Tony; they are truly inspiring.

Chris

December 24, 2025

Very good

Mydris

December 20, 2025

Excellent! A wonderful reminder we are all intertwined, offering love, kindness, compassion, prayer, & to extend grace to all people, Mother Earth, animals and even non-living things we can heal & support the Universe, with intentionality, we can cure brokenness & hatred! Love, Kindness, patience & stillness is the only way to peace!

Shelly

December 18, 2025

Such an important conversation and meditation for these times of polarization in our country. I would love even longer pauses after the reflection to send out love to all beings and the universe!

Beth

November 24, 2025

This was really lovely, thank you 🥰

Kathleen

November 15, 2025

Excellent course. Small bite sized moments to really make it easy to say yes and complete. Thank you - my goal has been to take time for loving kindness daily for all beings and this earth. Many blessings upon you. Grateful for this journey with you

Bryony

October 21, 2025

Such a beautiful journey and has expanded my lovingkindness practice. Such a relaxing, melodic voice too and full of compassion. Many thanks for creating the course, I hope it reaches many 🙏🏽

Jane

September 30, 2025

Thank you for sharing this loving kindness meditation practice that starts with the individual and extends to the world. 🙏

Helen

September 27, 2025

So relevant in our world today. It was relaxing, engaging and gave me a sense of hope in an ever hostile world Thank you very much

Cary

September 27, 2025

Thank you! The invitation to bring loving kindness to myself and every aspect of my life and world is a pivotal element of my practice and aligns beautifully with my spiritual journey. Through love and kindness I connect to my higher self, higher power. Thank you. Cary

Dennis

August 20, 2025

Deep 🙏❤️🙏

Georgann

August 16, 2025

So enjoyed time I spend listen to you, it went straight to my heart , thank you

Carrie

July 11, 2025

I w

T

July 9, 2025

What a gift these 12 days of meditation were. I did many of the days twice because they were so impactful. Thank you for teaching me how to slow it down and hold loving kindness for all beings, including myself.

Francesca

May 28, 2025

Thanks for this lovely course 🙏🏻

Jane

May 24, 2025

Tony always offers profound, simple, basic and essential ways to be better, do better and live with joy.

Marcela

May 19, 2025

Thanks it was beautiful

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