Loving-Kindness

Ayya Khema on cultivating loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.

If you want to love all beings, start with self-love, says Lisa Ernst.

Pema Chödrön teaches us Tonglen, “sending and taking,” an ancient Buddhist practice to awaken compassion.

Chenxing Han reflects on the courage and vulnerability required to practice loving-kindness amid political division, offering us a glimpse into how compassion can transform fear into connection in uncertain times.

Jack Kornfield on beginning the time-honored, heart-opening practice of metta (loving-kindness) meditation.

Psychologist Chris Germer’s three-step self-compassion practice to soothe your anxiety with kindness. Join Chris Germer in our new online course <a href="https://learn.lionsroar.com/p/five-keys-to-the-complete-path-of-mindfulness/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Five Keys to the Complete Path of Mindfulness.”</a>

Valerie Mason-John shares a meditation for cultivating a positive relationship with yourself, and, by extension, the world.