A gentle, brain-based meditation for cultivating steady presence—helping you stay grounded in awareness, anchored in the breath and heart, and less carried away by passing thoughts and feelings.

You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up at https://rickhanson.com/wednesday-meditations-with-dr-rick-hanson/. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone for the evening. If you’d like to explore the talk that followed this meditation, you can listen to it here: https://rickhanson.com/talk-meditation-compassionate-action-for-upstream-sources-of-suffering/