Getting Started & Resources for your Practice
Getting Started & Resources for your Practice
Welcome. Here you’ll find resources for newcomers and continuing practitioners in our meditation group.
Sustainable Compassion Training (SCT) Website
SCT is a system of compassion and mindfulness training designed to help people cultivate increasingly unconditional, inclusive, and sustainable care for self and others.
Getting started? Begin with Field of Care Meditation led by John Makransky (16 min). For a little more background listen to this talk by Paul Condon - Relational Meditation (1hr)
Books
How Compassion Works by John Makransky and Paul Condon is available in paperback, Audible, and Kindle.
Awakening through Love by John Makransky
Sustainable Compassion Training: Integrating Meditation Theory With Psychological Science - this article is a comprehensive overview of SCT and its meditation practices.
Review, Reflect & Practice - following each meditation session, a summary of the topics discussed is posted on the following page of this website to allow those participating in our meditation group to review topics covered, to personally reflect on their meaning and relevance, and to practice suggested meditations during the week. A link to the current Review, Reflect & Practice is also emailed to meditation group participants each week.
The Sound of Gentle Waves in the Caribbean - for Settling into Sound Meditation
Informatonal Support for Meditation for those who have experienced past trauma