Mettā meditation 1: Practice loving kindness towards yourself

In this gentle episode of Great Minds, Kynan Tan will lead you through a Mettā meditation that is focused on offering kindness to yourself. Mettā meditation or Loving Kindness meditation is a type of Buddhist meditation. As Kynan says, "You need to live in your head, Mettā practice can make your mind a nicer place to be".

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Acknowledge that each meditation you do is itself an act of kindness for yourself.

Kynan Tan

Kynan Tan is a meditation teacher living and working on Gadigal and Wangal Land in Sydney.

Kynan has practised extensively in the Brahmavihārā practice among others. Brahmavihārā has four attitudes; mettā (loving kindness), karuṇā (compassion), muditā (empathetic joy), and upekkhā (equanimity).

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Mettā meditation 1: Practice loving kindness towards yourself

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Great Minds is a podcast from SBS Audio that guides you through different meditation styles from around the world.

In season two, experience meditations led by practitioners of Ngarayamūrah, Mettā, Vipassana, Tibetan Tonglen, and sound bath meditation. Try three short episodes in each style.

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