Inhaling Love Meditation and Heart Centered Shadow Practice

We begin with a meditation to fill our hearts with love, then we move into a gentle, heart-centered shadow-work practice. We examine an unhealthy pattern or compulsion and seek the underlying wound. Then we give love to the wound to heal and resolve it. See the rest of the session in Embracing Love Zoom 2-10-22Continue reading “Inhaling Love Meditation and Heart Centered Shadow Practice”

A Heart Centered Perspective on Shadow Work

Shadow work can be a daunting process, because we’re looking at the parts of ourselves that we’ve been taught are shameful. Rather than trying to figure out what’s “wrong” with us, shadow work can be approached as a means to identify the wounded parts of ourselves that simply need more love. See the rest ofContinue reading “A Heart Centered Perspective on Shadow Work”

Growing Beautiful Lotuses from the Mud of our Shame-filled Shadows, Part 2

View Part 1 here “If you know how to make good use of the mud, you can grow beautiful lotuses.” -Thich Nhat Hanh Last week, we discussed the “mud” of our shadows, especially the unproductive patterns we find ourselves repeating. In part two of this discussion, we’ll focus on how loving our wounds can helpContinue reading “Growing Beautiful Lotuses from the Mud of our Shame-filled Shadows, Part 2”

Love as a Spiritual Path on the ‘Wake Up, Human’ Podcast

Embracing Love’s own Matthew Busse was interviewed for the Wake Up, Human podcast. The topics covered in this discussion include interfaith spirituality, love as a spiritual path, how we can reprogram our subconscious to love more, and the healing power of breathing. Check out the podcast here:

Envisioning a Loving World Meditation

A special New’s Year’s meditation to set an intention for a more loving world in 2022. We begin by filling our hearts with love and then share this love with the whole world while we envision a world filled with love. See the full journey in Embracing Love Zoom 1-6-22 For best results, we recommendContinue reading “Envisioning a Loving World Meditation”

A Heart-Centered Perspective on Need in Relationships

In some spiritual paradigms, practices like meditation and self-love can be used to completely bypass the physio-emotional needs of the human experience. Here discuss an alternative view of “spiritual awakening” based on self-realization that embraces the full range human experiences. See the full journey in Embracing Love 12-16-21 More Heart-Centered Living