 As a spiritual mentor I believe that mindfulness and love are two of the most powerful tools we have for finding inner peace and happiness. In our busy and often chaotic lives we can feel disconnected from ourselves and the world around us. Our minds can race with thoughts, worries and distractions, making it challenging to find a sense of calm and contentment. However, when we cultivate mindfulness and love in our lives we can find a greater sense of connection, understanding and compassion for ourselves and others. Mindfulness is the practice of awareness and non-judgmental observation of our thoughts, emotions and physical sensations. It is the act of being present in the moment and accepting what is without judgment or resistance. It helps us to tune our distractions. It works with us in a way that calms our minds and focuses our attention on the present moment. Love, on the other hand, is a feeling of warmth, of affection, of compassion for oneself and others. It involves accepting and valuing ourselves and others as they are, without judgment or conditions. Love can help us feel safe, secure and happy and it is a powerful force for healing and transformation. While mindfulness and love are very distinct practices, they are very interconnected and can strengthen each other. Mindfulness can help us see more clearly, understand ourselves and others better. It can cultivate a greater compassion of patience and love. Similarly, love can help us again be more patient, be kind and be accepting towards ourselves and others and provide the motivation to practice mindfulness. When we be love, when we look after ourselves, when we hold ourselves with compassion, we trust ourselves to make the right decisions and we don't beat ourselves up when we get them wrong. We show compassion, understanding and love to ourselves. That allows us to bring into love and patience for others. As I've spoken yesterday, when Wayne Dyer says, if you want to give somebody 12 oranges, you have to have 12 oranges. If you want to give somebody love, you have to have love for yourself. So why not start today? Why not have a bit of love for yourself, for you to be able to then go forward and love others with more compassion, with more patience, interconnectedness of mindfulness and love. Here's a meditation of loving kindness. I hope you enjoy it. Have a wonderful day. Be love and give love. See you soon. Bye-bye. And as always, like all of these meditations, they start with by you getting comfortable, closing your eyes and taking a nice deep breath in. So by sitting or laying down in a comfortable position, we just take a few deep breaths in, so we're going to take a nice deep breath in. We're going to hold it for a second. We're going to let it go. We're going to take another nice deep breath in. We're going to hold it for a second, and then we're going to let it go. And one more. Take a nice deep breath in, hold it for a second, and then let it go. And then just breathe gently and comfortably in your own natural breathing rhythm, just breathing in and breathing out. And at that point, if you feel any discomfort, if you feel any pain, if you feel anything, just take your breath to that area. Just take your awareness to that spot and just breathing in and breathe out. If you have any thoughts or anything that pops into your mind, you can accept, acknowledge it. Just let it go. Don't attach it to it. Don't unpack it. Just come back to your breath. Just be grateful for being here present in the moment. Feeling yourself becoming calm and relaxed. And this mantra is, or this meditation is a series of words that I would like you to repeat to yourself after I've said them. Loving kindness meditation is a wonderful way to bring and align your heart, your soul with your mind. So as you just breathe in comfortably, say these words to yourself, may I be happy, may I be healthy, may I be peaceful, may I let go of sadness and bad feelings, may I be free from anger, may I be free from pain, just following your breath, may I be free from difficulties, may I be free from suffering, may I be healthy, happy and peaceful, may I be filled with loving kindness and may I be at peace. And then just continue to breathe. And as you breathe, imagine that you're unleashing the power you've stored up inside of you to your family and the power comes from your heart. You're breathing out the warmth and the glow to everyone you love in your family. And just imagine, see their faces in front of you and say these words to yourself, I spread this loving kindness out, I send love to my family, may they let go of sadness and bad feelings, may they be free from anger, may they be free from pain, may they be free from difficulties, may they be free from suffering, may they be healthy, happy and peaceful, may they be filled with loving kindness, may they be at peace. And as you breathe, feel the love and kindness filling your heart, imagine that you're glowing with this energy of love and you can now spread this energy to your friends, those people you're close to and say these words to yourself, I spread this loving kindness out, I send love to my closest friends, may they let go of sadness and bad feelings, may they be free from anger, may they be free from pain, may they be free from difficulties, may they be free from suffering, may they be healthy, happy and peaceful, may they be filled with loving kindness, may they be at peace. And next think of somebody, a sibling or perhaps a friend who's made you unhappy or feel bad, somebody who's upset you maybe recently, somebody who's just not shown the level of self-awareness that you'd want. Think about them, perhaps they made you feel bad or uncomfortable, but you have the power to warm their heart too and you can release any bad feelings. They're saying these words to yourself, bring them to mind, bring that person who you may not have gone on well with recently, I spread this loving kindness out, I send love to someone who has made me feel bad, who has made me upset me. But I let go of sadness and bad feelings, may they let go of sadness and bad feelings, may they be free from anger, may they be free from pain, may they be free from difficulties, may they be free from suffering, may they be healthy, happy and peaceful, may they be filled with loving kindness and may they be at peace. Now you're really going to see the magical ability of love, your loving energy travels like light, it travels fast, far and wide. With your power you're going to send love to everyone on earth and the entire universe. So say these words to yourself, I send love now to all the people everywhere on earth, may they let go of sadness and bad feelings, may they be free from anger, may they be free from pain, may they be free from difficulties, may they be free from suffering, may they be healthy, happy and peaceful, may they be filled with loving kindness, may they be at peace. In fact, may all beings in this universe be free from suffering, may all beings in all universes everywhere be free from suffering, may all beings of all kinds in all directions be happy and at peace above and below, near and far, high and low, may all types of beings, humans, animals, trees, birds, anything seen or not seen, may all beings and creatures with no exceptions, may they all be happy, healthy and peaceful, may they be filled with loving kindness, may they be at peace. Now everyone to whom we have sent love to is sending that love back. So say these words to yourself, may I be happy, healthy and peaceful, may I let go of sadness and bad feelings, may I be free from anger, may I be free from pain, may I be free from difficulties, may I be free from suffering, may I be healthy, happy and peaceful, may I be filled with loving kindness and may be I be at peace. And then I want you just to take your heart, to take your awareness to your heart and just check in with your heart for a moment. Just allow yourself to connect with your heart and allowing it to open and let all of this beautiful spiritual love just to pour in, filling those chambers of your heart with that beautiful golden spiritual light of love, healing and rejuvenating and cleansing, giving you that energy that you need to see us for the week. May you be happy, may you be healthy. Thank you for joining me on this meditation. Have a wonderful day. Be love and give love.