Meditation: Affectionate Breathing Affectionate Breath MeditationAffectionate breathing is a simple but powerful way to send and receive kindness. Using the physical posture of Aspirational Collage Collage is an easy way to express how you feel when words fall short. In this exercise you will create a Meditation: Awareness Break Mindful Awareness BreakPractice this brief meditation, and in no time at all you will reap the rewards of practicing presence. Mindful Movement: Befriending Vulnerability At first, vulnerability may feel like an edge you do not wish to approach. You can probably feel it in Meditation: Mindful Body Scan Mindful Body Scan MeditationThe mindful body scan practice invites you to find a middle ground, experiencing your body through an Meditation: Breath As Your Focus Breath Focus MeditationFocus your attention on your breath. As with counting and mantra meditation, you will be shutting out all Meditation: Choiceless Awareness Choiceless Awareness MeditationPress the play button to stream this audio recording. To download for keeps, click on the three dots Meditation: Coming To Your Senses Breath, Body, & Sound MeditationDuring this 19-minute meditation, you will learn to shift your focus between three of your sense Continuing Their Legacy Meaning Making Through Action In Their HonorExercise From Page 116 in Mindfulness & GriefThere are many ways that you can Meditation: Counting Your Breath Counting MeditationThe instructions for this practice are simply to start with the number 10 and count backward silently each time The Dual Process Model of Coping with Bereavement A Fine BalanceGrief is not a static experience. Nor is it a linear process, where we master one aspect and Video: Formal vs. Informal Mindfulness From brushing our teeth to taking out the trash, your daily activities are the perfect place to practice mindfulness. After Video: Four Tasks of Mourning Meditation: Living More Fully Get Unstuck & Live More Fully MeditationBased on the principles of the R.A.I.N. meditation, this practice invites you to notice Writing Prompt: Letters of Gratitude Writing Prompt: Gratitude LettersGratitude For Yourself:Choose one thing you have done for yourself and explore it in a letter. Be Daily Gratitude Worksheet Daily Gratitude WorksheetDownload the Daily Gratitude Worksheet. Each morning, write down your intention for the day. Each evening, fill in Meditation: A Journey To Your Heart Center Heart Center MeditationPreparation: Find a comfortable position resting on your back. Do whatever you can to help foster a connection Informal Practice: A Beacon Of Kindness The practice of compassion and lovingkindness, known as metta, can be practiced informally. It is quite simple. As you encounter Informal Practice: A.M. Self-Compassion Start Off On The Right FootBeginning your day with a self-compassion practice will take you no time at all, and Informal Practice: Big Self, Small Self Your Two SelvesYour "Big Self" is the part of you that is timeless, compassionate, and present. This self is unlimited, Informal Practice: Slow It Down Informal PracticeSeveral times throughout the day, imagine you can take your foot off the proverbial gas pedal and slow things Video: Introduction to Conscious Relaxation Video: Introduction to Mindful Awareness Video: Introduction to Compassion & Self-compassion Video: Introduction to Skillful Courage Video: Introduction to Getting Unstuck Video: Introduction To Meaning Reconstruction Video: Allowing Transformation Video: Creating Your Daily Practice Writing Prompts: Lessons Of Loss The Impact of Grief When a loved one dies, our spiritual views are usually either reinforced or changed. During this Mindful Movement: Letting Go Mindful Movement: Letting GoPress the play button to stream this audio recording. To download for keeps, click on the three Meditation: Life Imprint Life Imprint MeditationPress the play button to stream this audio recording. 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