7 Days of Mindful Living: Mindful Steps to Enhancing Your Life Expectancy by Deniz Yalım - HTML preview

7. LOVING-KINDNESS MEDITATION

TIME REQUIRED & WHY YOU SHOULD TRY IT

7 minutes/Daily

 Practicing kindness is one of the most direct routes to happiness: Research suggests that kind people tend to be more satisfied with their relationships and with their lives in general. We all have a natural capacity for kindness, but sometimes we don’t take steps to nurture and express this capacity as much as we could. 

Loving-kindness meditation (sometimes called “metta” meditation) is a great way to cultivate our propensity for kindness. It involves mentally sending goodwill, kindness, and warmth towards others by silently repeating a series of mantras. 

 Loving-kindness meditation increases happiness in part by making people feel more connected to others—to loved ones, acquaintances, and even strangers. Research suggests that when people practice loving-kindness meditation regularly, they start automatically reacting more positively to others—and their social interactions and close relationships become more satisfying. Loving-kindness meditation can also reduce people’s focus on themselves—which can, in turn, lower symptoms of anxiety and depression. 

HOW TO DO:

Now open your Peace Starter Meditation app and go ‘Guided Mindfulness Meditation’ section, select ‘Loving-Kindness Meditation’ and start your session.

Otherwise you can use following video YouTube: https://youtu.be/OUfLVOWVtN8