Being a friend to myself: a self-reflection exercise
This reflection exercise can help us understand if there’s a difference in the compassion we show to others and the compassion we show to ourselves.
During this reflection exercise, weβll be reflecting on how we treat our friends and how we treat ourselves. We can do this either with pen and paper, or without.
You’ll need to put aside about 10 minutes to do this.
“Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others.” ~ Wilfred Peterson.
Taking a few moments to sit and settle into the present moment. Making ourselves comfortable. Allowing ourselves a few easy, deep breathsβ¦ with a sense of βletting goβ on the out-breath. Then allowing the breath to settle into a natural rhythm. Closing the eyes and scanning through the body from head to toe, noticing any areas where weβre subtly holding onto tensionβ¦ and bringing some kindness to those areas. Perhaps even offering ourselves a silent inner βAwwwβ¦β, allowing our heart to melt a bit with each βAwww.β If we like, using the out-breath as an opportunity to let go of tension a little bit more each time.
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