“This revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.”
"Who would you be if you trusted the basic goodness and beauty that lives through you?"
- Tara Brach
Self-awareness
"There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life."
- Tara Brach
Self-awareness
"Imperfection is not our personal problem - it is a natural part of existing."
- Tara Brach
Self-awareness
"As we close, you might sense to yourself that this is a life practice of learning to live. Surrender the thoughts and surrender into the feelings… and surrender into that larger loving space. And you can feel from your own intuitive wisdom that remembering your belonging to something larger IS a pathway to peace and to freedom. And just knowing that will keep calling you home over and over."
- Tara Brach
Inner Peace
"You might tell yourself: Just this moment or Just these few moments. Or you might set a short limit: Just these next 10 breaths, being with sensations. Then, if it’s still tolerable, move on to the next 10 breaths, and so on."
- Tara Brach
Mindfulness
"Beauty is a gentle and loving heart."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"There is no greater beauty than kindness and compassion."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"Selflessness is the most beautiful trait one can possess."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"A kind heart can bring light to the darkest of places."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us."
- Flora Edwards
Compassion