Five More Simple Practices to Help You Be Here Fully

This small booklet is the second in our Caring for Ourselves, Caring for Others series. It offers practical and key contemplative tools for self-care and resources for making a genuine connection with the person or people you are caring for. Caring for another person is a test in patience, physical stamina, mental equanimity and compassion. For trying and challenging times, there is one basic piece of advice: take care of yourself first. On a plane, we are instructed to put our own oxygen mask on first before we assist others.

With this wisdom in mind, we offer this booklet to you. Whether you are supporting a loved one or a friend who is facing hardships and loss, or someone who is ill, elderly or dying, this series will help you be there fully, wisely and wholeheartedly.

Questions for further reflection in order to deepen one’s experience with the tools are included in the booklet, as well as a list of further study resources.

Included in this download:

• the booklet in two formats – as a printable PDF file and an EPUB ebook. These formats offer a convenient and portable way for you to engage with the practices.

• If you would like the guided audio meditations that accompany this booklet, you can purchase the full Series 2 Pack: Caring for Others, Caring for Ourselves.

Please note: Upon completion of purchase, you will be sent an email with a link to download the files bundled together as one .zip file. Smartphones and tablets may require an unzipping app to open the .zip file.