Can "Love and Kindness" unlock the hidden door to healing chronic pain? In this episode, FTKWellness speaks with Rachel Donen @racheldonen about how the meditation practice of "Loving Kindness" can support healing from chronic pain. Drawing from teachings by Buddhist monk and author Thich Nhat Hanh, as well as the Tibetan practice of Tonglen meditation, Rachel shares insights on how compassion-based meditation can transform the experience of pain. Rachel is a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Yoga practitioner, founder of the ALIGN Community, and a recovering long-term chronic pain sufferer herself. ✨ Watch this inspiring and impactful conversation to discover practical tools, spiritual wisdom, and resources that can support your healing and wellness journey. 📝 S2 E3 Transcript: https://freedomtoknowwellness.ca/love-kindness-for-chronic-pain-ftkwellness-s2-ep-3-transcript-docx-pdf 🔔 Subscribe for more episodes! 📰 Read more on Substack: https://freedomtoknowwellness.substack.com/ CONNECT with Rachel Donen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/racheldonen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCpzpZ1SyxS_nUgM07eyitOA CONNECT with FTKWellness (Michelle Samuels) 🌳 https://linktr.ee/freedomtoknowwellness?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=20b0ca3e-6e95-41a7-b2a2-5d35b4f14478 💰 ⁠Support Freedom To Know Wellness ⁠: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/FTKWellness 🎵 Music: Hold You Artist: Q-Black ⁠Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mrq94 **Music Owner Rights by Freedom To Know Wellness Timestamps 11:19 — Car Accidents Journey to Love Kindness Practice 15:22 — Being our sources of love 25:10 — Steps to Healing - Setbacks and Breakthroughs 29:16 — Body Perceiving Threat - Healing Journey 39:44 — What We Eat - Does it bring Suffering? 49:44 — Letting Go - Learning to Move with Chronic Pain #chronicpain #lovingkindnessmeditation #thichnhathanh #healing #tonglen #meditation #yoga #ftkwellness

In this meditation practice, Rachel embarks on the mindfulness practice of "Opening Awareness". Join Rachel Donen and the ALIGN Community for this practice and other mindfulness healing and teaching meditations on your journey to well-being. Namaste  🙏 #mindfulness #meditation #wellnessjourney #stressmanagement Connect with Rachel Youtube: www.youtube.com/@racheldonen Website: www.racheldonen.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/rachel.donen Instagram: www.instagram.com/racheldonen/ Video Editing and Graphic Design by Michelle Samuels Sound Effect by Julius H. from Pixabay: Sandy Beach - Calm Waves Timestamp 00:00 Intro 00:11 Setup your practice 00:27 Guided Foundational Practice “Steady Breathing” 06:40 5-Minute Silent Practice 12:24 Dharma Talk: “Opening Awareness” 16:28 Guided Meditation “Opening Awareness” 28:10 10-Minute Silent Practice 38:35 Mindfulness Check-in 43:32 Final Silent Practice 50:10 Meditation Closing & Namaste

In this meditation practice, Rachel embarks on the mindfulness practice of Building Concentration. Join Rachel Donen and the ALIGN Community for this practice and other mindfulness healing and teaching meditations on your journey to well-being. Namaste  🙏 Connect with Rachel Youtube: www.youtube.com/@racheldonen Website: www.racheldonen.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/rachel.donen Instagram: www.instagram.com/racheldonen/ Video Editing and Graphic Design by Michelle Samuels Sound Effect by Julius H. from Pixabay: Sandy Beach - Calm Waves Timestamp 00:00 Setup your practice 00:18 Guided Foundational Practice “Steady Breathing” 08:15 6-Minute Silent Practice 14:29 Dharma Talk “Building Concentration” 18:49 Guided Meditation “Building Concentration” 27:50 10-Minute Silent Practice 34:40 Meditation “Contemplating Concentration” 39:25 5-Minute Silent Practice 43:74 Meditation Closing & Namaste #meditation #mindfulness #dharmatalk #selfcare #selfdiscovery #healingjourney #concentration #buddhism

In this meditation practice, Rachel embarks on the mindfulness practice of the Contemplation of Non-Craving and Suffering. Join Rachel Donen and the ALIGN Community for this practice and other mindfulness healing and teaching meditations on your journey to well-being. Namaste  🙏 Connect with Rachel Youtube: www.youtube.com/@racheldonen Website: www.racheldonen.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/rachel.donen Instagram: www.instagram.com/racheldonen/ Video Editing and Graphic Design by Michelle Samuels Sound Effect by Julius H. from Pixabay: "Sandy Beach - Calm Waves" Timestamp: 00:00 Setup your practice 00:30 Guided Foundational Practice “Feeling of the Breath” 05:40 6-Minute Silent Practice 12:00 Dharma Talk “Contemplating Non-Craving & Suffering” 16:23 Meditation “Contemplating Non-Craving & Suffering” 24:10 10-Minute Silent Practice 34:47 Meditation “Contemplating Non-Craving & Suffering” 40:10 10-Minute Silent Practice 51:12 Meditation Closing #mediation #mindfulness #emotionalhealing #emotionalhealth #suffering

This Dharma talk and meditation was given during Rachel Donen's daily sitting practices in Ontario, Canada on Feb 19th, 2024. Find out more and to join live online practices with Rachel and her community go to: https://www.racheldonen.com/ For those who are struggling, one-on-one consultation can be requested. It is here that Rachel can support your practice to help take good care of what is here and to touch peace again. To join 1-on-1 sessions go to: https://www.racheldonen.com/contact

Falling in love with this being brings great sweetness to the practice, to being here and now. To understand the miracle of being here and now, in this form, brings a love for this in breath and this out breath. Join me in this practice of love. For more information about joining my meditation classes and community message me. #meditation #mindfulness #RachelDonen #love

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"Together we gather to rest in our loving presence". Rachel Donen Thich Nhat Hanh and Jack Kornfield's teachings water the seeds of Rachel's loving meditations and practices. Rachel Donen is the creator of the ALIGN community, its source of mindfulness teachings and practices. Monday Night Meditation and Mindfulness Teaching: A seamless flow of guided meditations and mindfulness teachings. To experience a class with Rachel, is to experience the settling of your being in peace and a loving presence. Rachel Donen guides our foundational practice of broadening awareness and resting in a waiting state. This opens us to the feeling of spaciousness. It is here where our loving presence rests. Rachel provides a mindfulness teaching half way through class to deepen our understanding of a loving presence. The final practice is guided by Rachel to more deeply feel our loving presence. Follow on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rachel.donen/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/racheldonen/ Subscribe on: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpzpZ1SyxS_nUgM07eyitOA Website: https://www.racheldonen.com Meditation Courses: https://www.racheldonen.com/loving-presence