05.03.2024 3 Guided Meditations   The Lion’s Roar YouTube channel has been updated with a wealth of fresh content, with new videos uploaded each week. On our channel, you’ll find inspiring talks, profound wisdom from Buddhist teachers, and engaging new video interviews from The Lion’s Roar Podcast.   For this Weekend Reader, we invite you to take a break from reading and join us in exploring three of our recently featured guided meditations. Below, Sharon Salzberg takes us through a 10-minute loving-kindness meditation to cultivate compassion and goodwill for ourselves and others, Pema Khandro Rinpoche teaches shamatha meditation to calm and quiet the mind, and Alisa Dennis offers instructions for walking meditation to bring the power of awareness to each step.   We hope you’ll take a moment to nurture your mind and body with these enriching practices this weekend. May they be of benefit.  Guided Loving-Kindness Meditation with Sharon Salzberg Join Buddhist teacher Sharon Salzberg for a 10-minute guided metta, or loving-kindness to culitvate compassion for yourself and others through loving, friendly phrases and goodwill.    ADVERTISEMENT Guided Walking Meditation with Alisa Dennis Psychologist and mindfulness teacher Alisa Dennis as she takes us through a mindful walking meditation practice that can be done indoors or outside. She explains the transformative power of bringing awareness to each step you take and connecting your body to the earth with awareness. Guided Shamatha Meditation with Pema Khandro Rinpoche Buddhist teacher Pema Khandro Rinpoche guides us through a silent sitting meditation known as shamatha, or calm abiding meditation, to quiet the mind.