In this session, we will explore how to really be with and soothe strong emotions using a teaching from Buddhist psychology on mind consciousness and store consciousness. We will learn how mindfulness can help us to recognise a painful emotion arising within us, so that we may accept and embrace it like a loving adult holds a crying baby. As we do this, we create space for our emotions to settle, so that we may look deeply to understand them better. This can lead to insight and the gradual transformation of habit patterns that can keep us stuck in reactivity, fear and anger.
This recording consists of a short teaching followed by a guided meditation.
The music in this recording is provided with kind permission from Joe Reilly.