Uploaded March 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Mindfulness of the body allows us to live fully. It brings healing, wisdom, and freedom. As you sit and meditate, the invitation is to be with this body, listen to it and learn from it. You’ll notice that there are sensations of pleasure and pain—they are the body showing itself to you. If you resist the tension of the day and contract around it, you’ll notice it lasts longer. But if you can receive what the body is telling you with loving awareness like you would hold a crying child, it becomes more workable.
Mindfulness of the body allows us to live fully. It brings healing, wisdom, and freedom. As you sit and meditate, the invitation is to be with this body, listen to it and learn from it. You’ll notice that there are sensations of pleasure and pain—they are the body showing itself to you. If you resist the tension of the day and contract around it, you’ll notice it lasts longer. But if you can receive what the body is telling you with loving awareness like you would hold a crying child, it becomes more workable.
![Unwinding the Body | Guided Meditation with Jack Kornfield [with Music]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9fL9mZCK4vY/mqdefault.jpg "Unwinding the Body | Guided Meditation with Jack Kornfield [with Music]
Feel the sensation of sound touching the body. And notice it. Name it if you like. Feel its energy with mindful loving awareness. And when it passes, return back to the breath. – Jack Kornfield 🌬️
With warmth and wisdom, Jack Kornfield invites us to bring a gentle, loving awareness to the body. Instead of resisting or tightening around strong sensations, we learn to hold them with kindness—allowing the body to unwind and open in its own natural way. No fixing, no forcing—just meeting each moment with a compassionate presence and letting the body return to its own rhythm of ease and balance.
🌿 Rest in awareness. Breathe with kindness. Let the body unfold.
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𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤:
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![A Steady Heart in Time of Coronavirus [Part 1] with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AhnfcYRotOc/mqdefault.jpg "A Steady Heart in Time of Coronavirus [Part 1] with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach
During this time of coronavirus, a time of collective fears and difficulty, it is crucial to find ways to steady the heart, to connect compassionately with ourselves and with each other. A Steady Heart will allow us to meet whatever arises with presence and courage, intelligence and love.
In this two-part video series, Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach offer powerful practices and teachings that can open us to loving awareness, and contribute to our well-being and the healing of our world.
Part II with Tara: https://youtu.be/TiqxuoHUyG8
𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤:
🪷 Grab an All-Access Plan for Jack’s growing library of online courses at https://jackkornfield.com/checkouts/all-access-9-week-payment-plan/
🪷 To stay up to date with all of Jacks offerings, including upcoming events, course discounts, and free teachings, please subscribe to Jacks Email Teachings at https://jackkornfield.com/newsletter
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🌱 X: https://x.com/JackKornfield")
