Dharma Talk and Meditation - Lovingkindness and the Inner Child with Trudy Goodman

From Mindful Loving Awareness Retreat - August 2025

Trudy leads a guided meditation session focusing on loving kindness (metta) and compassion (karuna). She emphasizes the importance of self-love as a foundation for extending compassion to others. The practice involves visualizing oneself as a child, offering reassurance, and sending well wishes for safety, happiness, health, and freedom from suffering. Participants are guided to extend these wishes to significant others, neutral individuals, difficult people, and challenging parts of themselves. The session concludes with wishes for the well-being of all beings, reflecting the interconnectedness of all life.

This recording is from Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and provided by Dharmaseed.