The Dalai Lama's Guide to Happiness - Part 1 - with Dan Harris

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Meditation: The Heartspace Where All is Welcome (19:02 min.)

This meditation scans through the body, and awakens attention to the open, inclusive awareness that all life arises in. We then explore experiencing that openness in the region of the heart, saying yes to life and including whatever is here with unconditional presence. Our introd ...  Show more

Meditation: Awareness is Our Home (22:07 min.)

This guided meditation invites you into the living presence that is always here—an awake awareness that can hold the changing waves of sensation, emotion, and thought with tenderness and ease. As we soften into the moment, we discover a natural peace and loving awareness that is ...  Show more

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