A FREE Video Event Series.

Self-acceptance is one of our most difficult challenges, no matter how much meditation or therapy we’ve tried. In this FREE video event series, Tami Simon speaks with contemporary luminaries in spirituality, psychology, and creativity to learn how we can truly embrace who we are.

No matter how much spiritual practice, self-improvement, or therapy we’ve undertaken, there is one area where many of us still find ourselves challenged every day: self-acceptance. It seems all too easy to fall into the trap of judging ourselves as inadequate, finding fault with our achievements or our bodies, and believing our self-critical inner voices that insist we’ll never measure up to who we ought to be. Is there a solution?

Sounds True created The Self-Acceptance Project to find out.

In this FREE online video event series, Tami Simon speaks with several contemporary luminaries in the fields of spirituality, psychology, and creativity. Together they explore the questions around self-acceptance—and investigate how we can overcome the difficulties of embracing who we are. Where do our self-critical voices come from? Can we silence them, or is there a better way to deal with them? Can we be motivated to change and excel while still accepting ourselves as we are? Why is it often so much easier to feel compassion and forgiveness towards others than towards ourselves?

Mindfulness is a simple yet profound practice that transforms lives. The Practice of Mindfulness invites you to join six Sounds True authors who are each considered leaders in bringing the many benefits of mindful living into our personal and professional lives. Enjoy six beginner-friendly guided meditations aimed at increasing harmony in mind and body in order to open us to the fullness of our experience from one moment to the next.

Tracks include:

1. "Breathing Meditation" by Jack Kornfield from Meditation for Beginners
2. "Meditation for Relaxation" by Shinzen Young from Meditation
3. "Mindfulness Meditation" by Kelly McGonigal from The Neuroscience of Change
4. "A Pause for Presence" by Tara Brach from Mindfulness Meditation
5. "Meditation on Compassion" by Sharon Salzberg from Guided Meditations for Love and Wisdom

"Music bypasses the conceptual mind. Music does not give you food for thought..."

—Eckhart Tolle

Meditation is a method for synchronizing body and mind in the present moment. When our body and mind are in sync, we are naturally relaxed, alert, open, and aware. Listening to certain forms of music may be one of the most immediate ways for us to enter this meditative state. Meditation Music: An Invitation to Still the Mind and Open the Heart brings you nine tracks chosen from our family of artists who are especially talented at creating compositions that support contemplative practices. Please enjoy this gift.

Tracks include:

1. "Moola Prayer" from the album Om Deeksha mixed and compiled by Maneesh de Moor
   This powerful Sanskrit prayer transports us to a place of surrender and devotion.
2. "Walking into the Himalaya to Meditate" from the album Tibetan Meditation Music by Nawang Khechog
   The music of Nawang Khechog is intended to help us find peace, calm, compassion, and wisdom in our hearts and minds.
3. "Safe Delivery" from the album Shakuhachi Water Meditations by Riley Lee
   Here is a traditional honkyoku (or "original pieces") that expresses the intensity of the experience of birth and the sense of gratitude felt after the safe delivery of one's child.
4. "Return to Peace" from the album Vibrational Sound Healing by Kimba Arem with Andrew Weil Offered to inspire the activation of your inner guide and healer, use these sounds to facilitate relaxation, inspiration, and meditation.
5. "Immerse" from the album Tibetan Bowl Meditation by River Guerguerian Award-winning multi-percussionist and composer River Guerguerian draws on his years of experience to create a powerfully meditative and deeply tranquil soundspace.
6. "Loveland" from the album Loveland by Jai Uttal and Ben Leinbach 'Loveland' lives inside all of us, explains Jai Uttal, and it is the place our dreams of peace and happiness come true.
7. "Compassion" from the album Signatures on Water by Maneesh de Moor A serene composition inspired by the infinite compassion of the universe.
8. "Samadhi" from the album Kerala Dream by Shamans Dream Shamans Dream blends the traditional art forms of Kerala, India, with the sounds of contemporary Western music.
9. "Ek Ong Kaar" from the album The Essential Snatam Kaur by Snatam Kaur A Sanskrit chant celebrating unity and our shared source of creativity.