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BODY SCAN and LOVING KINDNESS with Maria Shea, MS, Family Support Specialist and Resiliency Instructor (with music)

Episode Summary

This meditation combines aspects of a body scan meditation and a loving kindness meditation. Body scan meditations help you relax by focusing on one part of the body at a time and loving kindness meditations are designed to help you increase compassion and empathy for yourself and others. Join Maria Shea as she leads you through this 13-minute meditation.

Episode Notes

Welcome to Home Base Meditations from the Home Base Program for Veterans and Family Care. In collaboration with the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine at Mass General Hospital, our team has curated more than 40 mindfulness, meditation journeys, and relaxation exercises, and we invite you to select any or all from our list on the webpage. 

Thanks to all of our staff who have thoughtfully written, led and guided us all: Claire Stupinski, Rachel A. Millstein, Jaime L. Fernandez, Matthew Snyder, Luiza Welton, Rana Chudnofsky, Laura K. Harward, Robert C. Donovan, Jacqueline S. Francona, Betsy Hart, Stacie D. Fredriksson, Kaitlyn A. Basile, Maria Shea, and Jo Calnan.

Many thanks to Drs. Rachel Millstein and April Hirschberg, who lead our resilience team, and to all of our great colleagues at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine. 

Editor and Producer - Chuck Clough

Producer - Ron Hirschberg