How much love do you feel for yourself? And how can you open up to more self-love as a foundational practice for interacting with others? The act of soulful lovingkindness — what Rhonda has dubbed "soulheartedness" — provides one means of deepening our capacity for loving ourselves. In this spiritual practice session, we touch on our habits toward the experience of self-love, including the barriers we may need to work through to heal our hearts, and explore how to deepen self-care as a support for embodying love toward others.

Rhonda Magee is a law professor and director of the Center for Contemplative Law and Ethics at the University of San Francisco School of Law. She is a mindfulness teacher and prolific author who has spent more than 20 years exploring the intersections of anti-racist education, social justice and contemplative practices, garnering international acclaim for her work. She is the author of the award-winning The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness.

About the Festival of Faiths: 

Based in Louisville, Kentucky, the Festival of Faiths is a nationally acclaimed, multi-day festival that hosts spiritual practitioners, thought leaders and movement makers.

The 2023 Festival of Faiths, Sacred Hearts, Sacred Minds: Embodying Love, celebrated the power of love to cultivate meaningful connections, strengthen communities and transform lives. Festival sessions explored contemporary concerns through the lens of faith and tapped into our unique capacity for love and compassion in order to envision a more loving future.

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