Meditations for Relaxation & Inner Joy
Session 2 - Practices for Inner Joy
David Oromith · 71 minutes · recorded January 19, 2025
The session opens with a short meditation on gratitude in which we notice where appreciation is felt in the body. David then describes three doorways to joy: living kindly, the calm that meditation brings, and a settled confidence he calls the joy of knowing, alongside practices of empathetic joy, rejoicing and harvesting delight from ordinary moments. Questions cover keeping compassion for others in balance with self-care, and what to do on waking in a low mood. It closes with a guided harvesting joy practice.
Anger and aversion Depression and low mood Gratitude and appreciation Relaxation Compassion (karuna) Empathetic joy (mudita)