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Compassion (or Metta/Lovingkindness) meditation practice was traditionally offered as an antidote to fear or anger.

We use these type of meditations in our training programs to cultivate a "Compassionate Inner Coach" that counteracts the "Inner Critic" or in the face of difficult situations, as well as compassion for others.

Note that this is different from mindfulness meditation in which you cultivate awareness by simply observing your experience exactly as it is. In compassion training, you actually are changing the experience by adding something to it: in this case a particular attitude of kindness or well-wishing. For this reason, we invite you to take a "fake it 'till you make it" approach – nothing special to feel, no need to feel anything, really; just focusing on the repetition of phrases creates the impact.

These specific phrases were customized with Caitlin Yong, splitboarder, former professional downhill longboarder, and the founder of Backcountry Together.