From ABC, it's the 10 percent happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hey, hey, it's Friday, so we're dropping a bonus Roshi Joan Halifax, you may remember her, she closed out our Election Sanity series on Monday and today she's here with an acronym designed to keep us sane.

The acronym is G.R., A, C, E Grace, not the simple elegance that typically comes to mind when we hear that word, although possibly grace will be the result or at least one of the results of this meditation.

But instead, the acronym is a pneumonic that Roshi Joan came up with to support us when things are getting dicey as they often become these days. She recorded this meditation at her monastery Pyo in New Mexico. And here we go with Roshi Joan. Welcome. I'm Joan Halifax. I'm grateful we can be together right now. There's a very interesting times and times when we can actualize compassion. When we can be really grounded in the midst of a lot of polarization.

So one of the ways of doing this is the practice of grace and grace is the tool I created to help cultivate compassion when we're interacting with someone or somebody who's really suffering. So let's do it. I invite you to imagine someone where there's a great deal of difference in how you view the current situation and how he or she views it. And they're making their views known to you in a way that feels kind of threatening. Gee, gather your attention.

So take a breath deep in breath. And on the exhale, drop into the body. And then the are of we're calling your intention. Why are you here? So when your in breath, let yourself be resourced. But your altruistic intention. And exhaling, affirming the. In the case of Chris is first attuned to yourself. Take a moment, notice what the experience is in the body. Breathe into it. Exhale. Not as whatever feelings are present.

Not trying to shift them, but allow the noticing to actually work the feeling. The sea of grace is considered what will really serve. What is constructive, truthful, kind? But comes up for you. And then the E of Chris engage. Imagine now. What action or non action might happen in relation to the person? Standing or sitting across from you? How will you engage? In the second part of the year of crisis ending. How do you want to conclude?

A moment of gratitude. Or asking for forgiveness or maybe an internal acknowledgement. So thank you. And make your life. Well. Thank you to Rosie, Joan, we hope you enjoyed this meditation. If you're thinking, you know, I I could have kept going there for another five or 10 minutes. I encourage you to check out the 10 percent happier app where you'll find this very same meditation in different lengths. The cost of your subscription directly supports our many amazing teachers and allows them to dedicate their lives to teaching the life changing skill of mindfulness as an added incentive.

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