Kristy Arbon's HeartWorks

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Practice

Supporting ourselves by practicing formally, regularly, on the cushion, then stepping off and into our daily life with informal practice.

Setting Up Your Meditation Space: A place to come home to

Setting Up Your Meditation …

September 17, 2021 by Kristy Arbon

Somatic Self-Compassion Tree of Practices and Neurochemicals

Somatic Self-Compassion Tree …

May 2, 2021 by Kristy Arbon

The Feminine and the Masculine in Contemplative Practice

The Feminine and the Masculine …

August 10, 2020 by Kristy Arbon

Supporting Your Practice: Some tips for sustainable and rewarding contemplative work

Supporting Your Practice: Some …

August 1, 2020 by Kristy Arbon

What do I feel? What do I need? What can I do?

What do I feel? What do I …

April 18, 2020 by Kristy Arbon

Navigating the Window of Tolerance: Titration During Emotional Adventures

Navigating the Window of …

November 24, 2019 by Kristy Arbon

Sitting in our Window of Tolerance

Sitting in our Window of Tolerance

November 14, 2019 by Kristy Arbon

Midwifing Our Emotions: Thawing a Freeze Response with Somatic Self-Compassion

Midwifing Our Emotions: …

October 30, 2019 by Kristy Arbon

Mindfulness at the Gym

Mindfulness at the Gym

September 21, 2019 by Kristy Arbon

Crying Meditation

Crying Meditation

January 29, 2019 by Kristy Arbon

Finding Our Compassionate Meditation Posture

Finding Our Compassionate …

January 6, 2019 by Kristy Arbon

Practicing Self-Compassion: You already do it!

Practicing Self-Compassion: …

December 22, 2018 by Kristy Arbon

Ritual and Self-Compassion Practice

Ritual and Self-Compassion Practice

December 22, 2018 by Kristy Arbon

Ritual As Self-Compassion Practice

Ritual As Self-Compassion Practice

December 22, 2018 by Kristy Arbon

Anchoring Our Awareness: Alternatives to the breath

Anchoring Our Awareness: …

December 16, 2018 by Kristy Arbon

Adverse Meditation Effects, the Dalai Lama, and the Noble Eightfold Path

Adverse Meditation Effects, …

November 10, 2018 by Kristy Arbon

Am I Motivated from Love or Fear?

Am I Motivated from Love or Fear?

September 23, 2018 by Kristy Arbon

Addressing Anxiety with Somatic Self-Compassion practices

Addressing Anxiety with …

September 17, 2018 by Kristy Arbon

The Young Frog and the Trauma Process

The Young Frog and the Trauma …

September 5, 2018 by Kristy Arbon

Mindfulness is the Mother of Equanimity; Self-Compassion is the Midwife.

Mindfulness is the Mother of …

June 6, 2018 by Kristy Arbon

To My Body in Pain…

To My Body in Pain…

May 23, 2018 by Kristy Arbon

The Only Friend We Can Ever Rely On

The Only Friend We Can Ever Rely On

May 3, 2018 by Kristy Arbon

Emergent Stretch as a Self-Compassion Practice

Emergent Stretch as a …

April 11, 2018 by Kristy Arbon

Two Approaches to Working with Shame

Two Approaches to Working with …

February 21, 2018 by Kristy Arbon

Choose Your Own Self-Compassion Practice Adventure

Choose Your Own …

January 16, 2018 by Kristy Arbon

Body, Meet You; You, Meet Your Body

Body, Meet You; You, Meet Your Body

December 13, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Open Awareness Meditation and Self-Compassion

Open Awareness Meditation and …

November 16, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

The Gift of Fearlessness through Stillness and Somatic Self-Compassion

The Gift of Fearlessness …

November 8, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Somatic Call and Response: Move it and you can soothe it

Somatic Call and Response: …

November 2, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Somatic Awareness Journaling: A simple daily practice to reconnect with your body

Somatic Awareness Journaling: …

July 5, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Skillfully Releasing Pent-Up Energy Through Emergent Somatic Expression

Skillfully Releasing Pent-Up …

June 28, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

The Feminine and the Masculine in Mindful Self-Compassion

The Feminine and the Masculine …

May 24, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Equanimity: Boring or Embracing?

Equanimity: Boring or Embracing?

May 10, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Should You Go On Silent Retreat?

Should You Go On Silent Retreat?

May 3, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Practice as a Life Raft in a Sea of Emotions

Practice as a Life Raft in a …

April 16, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Coming Home to Mindfulness and Self-Compassion

Coming Home to Mindfulness and …

April 16, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

The Neurochemistry Behind Our Meditation Practice

The Neurochemistry Behind Our …

April 15, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

HeartWorks Step-by-Step Approach to Support, Study and Practice

HeartWorks Step-by-Step …

March 10, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Practicing Giving Ourselves What We Need

Practicing Giving Ourselves …

November 12, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

Word Meditation

Word Meditation

October 29, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

How On Earth Do I Meditate? Part 2: Open Awareness

How On Earth Do I Meditate? …

October 22, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

There Is Only Love and Fear: Workplace learnings from Leunig

There Is Only Love and Fear: …

October 8, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

How On Earth Do I Meditate? Part 1: Anchoring awareness

How On Earth Do I Meditate? …

October 1, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

Easefully Scheduling Meditation: Making sure it happens!

Easefully Scheduling …

September 19, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

Supporting Your Practice Through Keeping a Meditation Journal

Supporting Your Practice …

September 12, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

What do I need and how can I give it to myself? A women’s self-compassion retreat.

What do I need and how can I …

August 31, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

Estrogen, mindfulness, shame and not abandoning myself

Estrogen, mindfulness, shame …

June 9, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

The Default Mode Network gets a bad wrap

The Default Mode Network gets …

May 21, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

Cold and Teary, Well-fed and Connected at Vallecitos Mountain Ranch: A felt sense of common humanity

Cold and Teary, Well-fed and …

November 2, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

Opening and Closing: The law of emotional expansion and contraction

Opening and Closing: The law …

October 17, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

Permission To Not Sleep

Permission To Not Sleep

July 15, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

Meeting Unmet Needs: The Courage to Self-Soothe

Meeting Unmet Needs: The …

July 7, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

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