Loving-Kindness & Compassion

Loving-kindness and compassion practices train you to extend warmth and care - first to yourself, then to others. These meditations can shift how you relate to difficult emotions, tough relationships, and your own inner critic.
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Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Share a story of compassion 

Adrian Grenier upholds the Charter for Compassion. He hopes you might, too. Andrea Miller reports. Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • March 30, 2012
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Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Getting Uncrossed 

Nowadays, when I feel my body tightening, I also practice softening, opening up, and breathing into the areas of physical tension, as well as having a sense of offering whatever loving-kindness I can muster to myself and others. Read More 

  • Ed Halliwell
  • December 2, 2011
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Eating & Body Image
Taming the Wanting Mind 

You're hungry, but what are you really hungry for? Sasha Loring on opening your heart, offering your attachments, and being mindful of when you're satisfied. Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • October 25, 2011
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Violent Video Games Inhibit the Compassion Instinct 

A study in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology provides more evidence that violent video games desensitize players to violence, and makes them more violent in real life. This is not the first study to report such an effect; the evidence has been steadily accumulating over the last decade. But this study… Read More 

  • Kelly McGonigal
  • August 3, 2011
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
The Power of Self-Compassion 

As I write this, the number one most emailed article on the New York Times is a blog post by Tara Parker-Pope  on the importance of self-compassion for making a change such as losing weight or quitting smoking. Clearly the post strikes a chord among the typical… Read More 

  • Kelly McGonigal
  • July 12, 2011
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Loving-Kindness & Compassion
The Charter for Compassion 

Read the call to action that is inspiring people around the world to campaign for a more compassionate global community. Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • May 26, 2011
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