A Meditation for Feeling As Safe As You Reasonably Can with Rick Hanson

It’s important not to suppress fear or overlook what it’s trying to tell you. Reasonable concerns are your friend, keeping you out of potentially dangerous situations. But being consumed, invaded, and compromised by fear doesn’t make you safer. If anything, the distractions of excessive fear and its wear and tear on the body actually undermine your safety. A little fear goes a long way, and it doesn’t have to penetrate your core and push you into the red zone.

In this short meditation, Rick Hanson guides us to connect with our feelings of safety in the midst of the uncertainty of the pandemic.

For reflection alone or together:

How can you be more compassionate toward yourself?

How might you extend more compassion toward others?