Awaken Your Compassionate Side
In this course, you'll learn:
- How strengthening compassion can transform your life.
- Affirmations and meditations for opening the heart and spreading joy and love.
About this Course
Compassion makes us happier, less stressed, and more optimistic. This course helps you discover its true meaning and nurture it within.
About the Teacher
Lama Yeshe
A monk in the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, karma, Lama Yeshe aims to help as many people as possible through sound therapy, meditation, mindfulness, and emotional counseling sessions. Having studied mindfulness since the age of 19, Yeshe continues to expand on his passion for teaching both in person and virtually.
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6 Sessions
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Course Introduction -
1. What Is Compassion?At its core, compassion is about alleviating suffering, but it's so much more than that.9 min -
2. The Benefits of Being CompassionateCompassion is contagious, and it opens our minds and helps us see the bigger picture.14 min -
3. Compassion vs. EmpathyDiscover the difference between compassion and empathy and learn when to use each.14 min -
4. Understanding Self-CompassionThrough an affirmation practice, relate to the idea that we are often very similar to others.14 min -
5. Finding ForgivenessOne of the things that can impede our ability to emanate compassion and joy is a lack of forgiveness. Learn how to open your heart to letting go.15 min -
6. Sending Compassion, Receiving SufferingPracticing tonglen meditation, which involves breathing in someone else’s suffering, helps build our own compassion.16 min
