How we look at ourselves makes a huge difference to how we feel. I'm talking principally about how we regard…
My experience has been that although mindfulness meditation helps me to feel more joyful, an equivalent amount of lovingkindness meditation…
A popular meditation technique that’s intended to create feelings of kindness can also reduce prejudice, according to new University of…
Mindful Magazine: Although kindness can be misunderstood as an ineffectual or even superficial nicety, it’s neither. Like many amazing practices…
Sharon Salzberg, Huffington Post: Throughout my years as a meditation teacher, I've encountered many students who come to meditation from…
Noah Levine, Lion's Roar: The Buddha first taught loving-kindness to a group of monks who had been practicing meditation in…
A lot of people have difficulty wishing themselves well, even in lovingkindness meditation. Here's an approach that might help. Imagine…
When I was first taught the metta bhavana ("development of lovingkindness") practice, back in the early 1980s, I was encouraged…
Ann Lukits, Wall Street Journal: Self-critical people were significantly kinder and more compassionate toward themselves after practicing lovingkindness meditation compared…
I often receive questions by email. Although I'll sometimes reply directly to them, it strikes me that the best use…