This meditation guides you through three stages of calm: warm heartedness, contentment, and peace. It begins by settling into the body and breath, then opens into feelings of kindness and connection, and finally into a quiet sense of being already okay in the present.

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/meditation-talk-how-to-use-fear-and-not-let-it-use-you/