#438 Tonglen Breath for Compassion
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2015
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Dalai Lama meditation technique using the Tonglen Breath. In this guided meditation you will cultivate compassion for yourself and others as you are guided using the Tonglen Breath from the Buddhist tradition. This is Part 3 of a 7-Part Meditation Series on Healing From Loss, Episodes 436-432. Every single episode will offer you a different meditation technique to heal from loss, and to send compassion to others. As always, you don't have to do the meditation technique -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation. For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Sample from a selection of resources including: *a Free 100-Day Meditation Quest you can join *a Free Meditation Bundle to get started meditating *a Free Sleep Technique to Sleep Better *a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique *a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating. Resources: The Dalai Lama Tonglen Breath Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Daily Meditation podcast, and in today's episode, you're going to be |
| 0:07.1 | guided through the Tonglin Breath and ancient Buddhist breathing technique to send out |
| 0:14.6 | compassion to others, and this is episode 438. |
| 0:23.6 | Welcome to the Daily Meditation Podcast. |
| 0:26.6 | This is Mary Meckley and I honor you for being here, for giving yourself permission |
| 0:34.6 | to slow down and connect to the best part of who you are. And in the 10 or 15 |
| 0:42.8 | minutes we spin together, you're going to be guided in a powerful breathing technique called |
| 0:50.6 | the Tonglin breath. This is a breathing technique the Dalai Lama does every day to help him cultivate compassion. |
| 1:01.0 | And we did this breathing technique in the meditation that launched this week-long series on healing from loss. |
| 1:12.9 | And we're going to go ahead and do it again today |
| 1:15.6 | because today is a Tuesday as I record this. |
| 1:19.7 | And every Tuesday, I share a breathing technique customized around the weekly theme. |
| 1:28.0 | So our weekly theme for this week is healing from loss. |
| 1:33.8 | And so this Tonglin breath is a beautiful breathing technique to help you cultivate compassion |
| 1:40.9 | not only for yourself, but for others around you who may be suffering. |
| 1:48.4 | So go ahead and get ready for the Tonglin breath. |
| 1:53.4 | As you're seated, make sure your body is comfortable. |
| 1:57.7 | When your body is comfortable, your mind can relax. |
| 2:03.6 | Straighten your spine. |
| 2:06.6 | Close your eyes gently and gently look upward, keeping your thoughts elevated. |
| 2:14.6 | Start to relax your body and notice where you hold tension in your body. Relax |
| 2:25.3 | your face and your jaw. Relax your neck and your throat. Relax your neck and your throat. |
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