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Daily Meditation Recordings, with Zohar Lavie – Week of 31 March, 2025

Zohar Lavie

Zohar Lavie

We’re delighted that Zohar Lavie will be leading our Daily Meditation sessions this week. We hope they bring depth and joy to your practice.

This week’s theme is: A Compassionate Response

As sensitive beings, we are impacted by the conditions of our lives. Having a body, heart and mind means meeting painful and challenging circumstances, whether in our immediate environment or in the world. During this week we will explore possibilities of responding with and through compassion to whatever is arising in our lives. Attuning as we do so to further wellbeing for all beings.

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Pausing for peace, putting down the struggle

March 31, 2025

Nourishing self compassion

April 1, 2025

Attuning to wellbeing through appreciation

April 2, 2025

Compassion as intimacy and connection

April 3, 2025

Radiating compassion in all directions

April 4, 2025

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