About this episode

Dr. Diana Hill guides a meditation practice focused on compassion, breathing, and visualization to promote self-care and understanding of others.

Dr. Diana Hill guides a Compassion Practice beginning with soothing rhythm breathing, slowing the breath to match one’s nervous system while breathing in clarity and breathing out tension. She then leads a grounding visualization, rooting the body into the earth and calling to mind compassionate teachers, people, or animals, distilling their wise, loving essence into light that illuminates the body and evokes a warm face, strong back, and open heart. From this “Bodhisattva” compassionate self, the listener offers care to their own current struggle, then brings in a person they find difficult and holds both perspectives with understanding. The practice expands to include the suffering of the wider community and world, offering intentions for unity, freedom from suffering, and peace, followed by silent sitting. Listen to the Diana's Secret Sangha talk on Compassion Related Resources Get enhanced show notes for this episode Order my book, Wise Effort: How to Focus Your Genius Energy on What Matters Most , and receive special bonus gifts. Want to become more psychologically flexible? Take Diana's "Foundations of ACT" course. Diana's Events Reserve your spot in Diana's Costa Rica…

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Host: Dr. Diana Hill

Topics covered

• compassion
• meditation
• breathing techniques
• visualization
• psychological flexibility
• self-care

Keywords

• compassion
• meditation
• breathing
• visualization
• self-care
• psychological flexibility
• mindfulness

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Books & works: Wise Effort: How to Focus Your Genius Energy on What Matters Most

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