loving-kindness meditation

Books and cats

It was lovely to receive this photograph the other day. This is Mara, one of the people who wrote an…

August 29, 2025

In lovingkindness practice, don’t look for love; look with love

I remember one time, not long after I'd first learned to meditate, I was being guided through the lovingkindness (metta…

February 24, 2023

“Loving Kindness,” by Deborah Underwood

Deborah Underwood kindly sent me a copy of "Loving Kindness" in late 2021. As a fan of books on lovingkindness…

February 13, 2023

“Goodnight Love: A Bedtime Meditation Story”

A little while ago I received an email from Sumi Loundon Kim, telling me about a new bedtime book for…

February 11, 2023

Meditating with pets

I have a daily Zoom meditation group as part of Wildmind’s Meditation Initiative, and there are often a few pets…

January 22, 2021

Tonglen: a practice of compassion for self and other

In response to the coronavirus crisis, I put together a free course on how we can find calmness and balance…

April 4, 2020

Seven tips for people who struggle with lovingkindness practice

In the tradition I practice in, lovingkindness (metta bhavana) and mindfulness meditation are considered equally important, and yet my own…

March 14, 2019

“Harnessing the Power of Kindness”

Over the past three years I've been teaching lovingkindness meditation a lot. I ran a course in 2014 and again…

July 2, 2016

Seeing yourself with loving eyes

A lot of people have difficulty wishing themselves well, even in lovingkindness meditation. Here's an approach that might help. Imagine…

December 4, 2015

Lovingkindness meditation, using natural language

When I was first taught the metta bhavana ("development of lovingkindness") practice, back in the early 1980s, I was encouraged…

November 12, 2015