A Guide to Self-Compassion | Ofosu Jones-Quartey | Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris Podcast
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
- A guide to self compassion with Ofosu Jones-Quartey. Buddhist strategies for taming that nagging voice in your head. Ofosu Jones-Quartey, a meditation teacher, author, and musician hailing from the Washington DC area brings over 17 years of experience in sharing mindfulness, meditation and self-compassion practices with the world. Holding a bachelor’s degree from American University and certified by the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, Ofosu is a graduate of the Teleos Coaching Institute and is the male voice on the Balance meditation app, reaching over 10 million subscribers.
Ofosu leads meditation classes and retreats nationwide, having taught and led retreats at the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, The Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock, Brooklyn Zen Center, Cleveland Insight, Inward Bound Mindfulness and more.
As an accomplished hip hop artist under the name “Born I,” Ofosu released the mindfulness-themed album “In This Moment” in 2021. His most recent album is “AMIDA”, a spiritual, Lo-Fi Hip Hop album exploring life, death and his Buddhist faith.
Beyond music, Ofosu is an author, releasing his self-published children’s book “You Are Enough” in 2020 and “Love Your Amazing Self” via Storey Publishing in 2022. He lives in Rockville, Maryland, with his wife and four children.
In this episode we talk about:
- The relationship between self-compassion and a successful meditation practice
- All the reasons people resist self-compassion, and his rebuttals
- Whether self-compassion is selfish
- How to do self-compassion off the cushion, including practices like journaling, written reminders, establishing accountability partners, and simple questions you can drop into your mind when all else fails
- How to do self-compassion on the cushion, including practices like body scans, metta, and a check-in practice you can use at the very start of your sits
- And how to teach self-compassion to children
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00:00:00 Introduction to Ofosu Jones Quartey
00:00:30 Self-Compassion
00:24:00 The Edges in Life
00:43:00 Journaling Practice and Mindfulness
00:58:00 Self-Compassion Body Scan - Розваги
I listened twice: as soon as it ended, I started it again. Great conversation, Dan and Ofosu! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I did the same-on the 10% happier app podcast. Just discovered the video today.
I so appreciated hearing from Ofosu. I am finding the body scan with offering appreciation and gratitude to the various body parts to be a beautiful way to connect with my body without judgment. Also, I loved the idea that a hurting self is a sticky self. I’ve definitely found that to be true in my experience, but that phrasing just put it so perfectly. Thanks to you both for all you do. And thanks for your vulnerability.❤
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for this pod cast. I use the Balance app and the 10% Happier app on a daily basis. What a treat to listen to Dan and Ofosu discussing meditation and how we can learn to be more kind to ourselves. Loved it🙏🏻
Glad you enjoy it!
I am loving this interview! Thank you so much!
So glad!
Also, Dan...please stop apologizing for repeating yourself over the course of your many podcast episodes. Remember that each episode, someone is listening for the first or second time and may never have heard what you think your going overboard with. Also, even for someone who has heard it 13 times, maybe today, in this mind-set, with this guest, they finally HEAR it in a way that is meaningful for them.
We appreciate the feedback!
If you are having trouble with self-compassion, slightly modulate the usual compassion meditation instruction, which says you should start your compassion meditation with yourself and then move to others. Instead, start with someone else you care about. I started with my therapist. ❤
Love this! Thanks for sharing!
Great interview.....! sweet, self talk is so important...couldn't not hear his music, tho.
I so needed to heat this today. Thank you x
We're so glad!
"nobody is watching you, but even if they are...who gives a fuck"🤣🙏. Thanks as always, Dan and thank you Ofosu Jones-Quartey. Greatly appreciate your message!
Great quote!
really loved this one and will probably watch it again (first time just listening). Ofosu's description/explanation around the self and non-duality was one of the best I've heard (sorry Sam Harris!) that part alone would make an amazing Short!
Thank you!
Fantastic. Good work!! This is the yin-aspect work on personal growth. Men need to do that to balance themselves out from the strong yang-aspect so they may get to the Middle Way. And women are to also embrace and work with their yang aspect to come to the middle way. This way, we become whole people rather than 1/2 or 50%. My formula for successful relationships is 1 + 1 = 3. the 3 is the synergy that results out of two whole people engaging.
Love this! Thanks for sharing!
Very good . Thank you. Ciao
Thanks for watching!
Is there any other way to alíviele cloning to suffering if I do t start by alleviating my own by being self comoashionate I check my self talk always having reduced to my worst self as Heinz goofy and when I’ve made a huge mistake as being a fried potato ( in Spanish as I live in Peru . Thank you both for a great conversation..
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Such a shame I couidvy heart the music