Feeling Alone

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So, maybe you're arriving to this practice feeling disconnected, alone, or isolated. Loneliness has a way of making us feel like we're the only one experiencing it. But this feeling is one of the most shared human experiences there is. For right now, just take a moment to settle in, finding a comfortable position and allowing the eyes to close or lowering your gaze, feeling the weight of the body pressing down into the surface beneath you, and just noticing that contact and that steadiness. Now, taking a deep breath, and on the exhale, gently resting a hand on your heart, feeling the warmth of your own touch, and Just beginning to bring to mind a place that you love and enjoy. A place where you feel at ease, happy and relaxed. And just allowing this warmth and happiness to fill the body. Now, letting go of that image, allowing this feeling to remain. And when you're ready, Breathing in slowly, drawing this happiness and ease in towards yourself. And breathing out, sending that same happiness and ease outward to everyone, everywhere who is sitting with this feeling right now. Breathing in for yourself, and breathing out, sending it to all others. Continuing at your own pace, knowing that, in this very moment, you are connected to something much larger than this feeling. Taking one more breath in for yourself and a long breath out for others. Now, just beginning to feel the weight of the body resting on the surface beneath you. Noticing sounds around you in your space. And when you're ready, slowly and gently opening your eyes and carrying this feeling with you wherever you're off to next....

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TypeMeditation

Duration1-5 min

About your teachers

Andy PuddicomeHeadspace Co-founder
A former Buddhist monk, Andy has guided people in meditation and mindfulness for 20 years. In his mission to make these practices accessible to all, he co-created the Headspace app in 2010.
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Eve Lewis PrietoHeadspace Director of Meditation
Eve is a mindfulness teacher, overseeing Headspace’s meditation curriculum. She is passionate about sharing meditation to help others feel less stressed and experience more compassion in their lives.
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Dora KamauMeditation Teacher
As a meditation teacher, Dora encourages others to live, breathe, and be with the fullness of their experiences. She loves meditation’s power to create community and bring clarity to people’s minds.
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Kessonga GiscombeMeditation Teacher
Kessonga has been an acupuncturists, therapist, and meditation teacher, working to bring mindfulness to the diverse populations of the world.
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Rosie AcostaMeditation Teacher
Rosie Acosta has studied yoga and mindfulness for more than 20 years and taught for over a decade. Rosie’s mission is to help others overcome adversity and experience radical love.
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