Jonathan Foust: Meditation: Amplify the Wholesome and Open Focus with Loving Kindness

(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC) In this guided heart meditation from the fall IMCW retreat, you’ll explore two separate practices: 1. Investigating ‘wholesome states’ when they arise can be a powerful way to increase your capacity for kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. You’ll be guided into the ‘felt sense’ of a positive state to explore particular qualities that can deepen its presence and significance for you. 2. In the second experience, you’ll be guided into feeling or imagining space in and around the body infused with a quality of loving kindness. (Note: If you feel spacey, ungrounded or the experience feels like it’s ‘too much,’ open your eyes or move to another technique.)