BLACK LIVES MATTER MEDITATIONS

The Ally + Accomplice Meditation for Cultivating an Anti-Racist Mindset

A 17 minute guided meditation for White people who identify as allies and/or accomplices to Black Lives Matter using mindfulness, affirmation, and metta (loving-kindness)

A year ago, I first shared the Black Lives Matter Meditation for Healing Racial Trauma. When I developed it, I knew that I would eventually create a complementary meditation for White people who want to partner in liberation with Black people. Partnering allows us reach the goal of healing and liberation in a more loving and unified manner, but to be an ally requires an anti-racist mindset. In our current world, that requires a daily practice of meditation on Whiteness and the value and humanity of Black people.

The Ally + Accomplice Meditation maintains a similar format, but the affirmation messages speak to the unique thoughts, feelings, and attitudes White people may experience in their journey toward anti-racism. My intention is to offer an opportunity to mindfully reflect with guidance from a Black person in a way that attends to the cognitive, affective and physiological parts of the person listening. Listening to this meditation does not make you automatically anti-racist. That is a life long journey. It simply points you in the direction through guided practice.

Similar to the Black Lives Matter Meditation for Healing Racial Trauma, the Ally + Accomplice Meditation for Cultivating an Anti-Racist Mindset will be available for free to listen on this website. However, if you would like a downloaded copy or to support the continued development of these types of guided meditations, I invite you to donate below.

Click here to play the meditation, scroll to the bottom.

Music by Richard Maddux from the Meditation Oasis® – www. meditationoasis.com/podcast – © 2005 Mary and Richard Maddux