Sustainable Compassion Training with Jona Genova [IEP 150]

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Please join us in what will be our last conversation of 2020. We’re taking a break during the month of December to rest and rejuvenate from what has been a difficult and unpredictable year for most of us, and we plan to return in January 2021 with a fresh perspective and more interviews with some really great guests.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our hope is that you will also take this time to slow down and recharge, even if it’s just during the time you share with us on this episode. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We have a special treat for you that will help you on your way to doing that.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jona Genova is our special guest today and she will be leading us in a compassionate meditation. Jona is an energy healer and a meditation teacher.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You’re going to love this!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Enjoy the holidays the best way you can, and we’ll see you next year.</span></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jona teaches “sustainable compassion training”.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">As Jona relates, this form of meditation has been adapted from Tibetan tradition.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lama John Makransky, who is also known as Professor John Makransky, is Jona’s mentor.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jona shares evidence of meditation and its positive effects on the body.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are some differences between this type of meditation and mindfulness, and Jona explains the term “relational starting point”.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Sustainable compassion training has a powerful impact on trauma.</span></li> <li style=