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Nov 2021
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BONUS Part Three Practice: Loving Kindne...

HEADSPACE STUDIOS, THE LONG TIME PROJECT, SCENERY STUDIOS
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This Loving-Kindness-meditation-with-a-twist asks us to generate care for people around us today, and for those in the future who have yet to be born. Co-created by Ella Saltmarshe and Headspace teacher Dora Kamau, who also reads the meditation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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