Writing down your thoughts and feelings has been found to reduce stress, improve mood, and even improve immune function. Journaling regularly can help us to understand and manage our emotions and then to choose actions that align with what we really want. If you’ve always wanted to start a journaling practice, are struggling to stay …
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Metta is the Pali word for friendship or lovingkindness. It is taught as a meditation that cultivates our natural capacity for an open and loving heart. With its roots in practices said to be taught by the Buddha himself, metta is traditionally offered along with meditations that enrich compassion, joy in the happiness of others, …
Lovingkindness meditation is a process that emphasizes compassion for ourselves and others as the best field for learning, self-development, and having an ethical relationship with the world. This practice develops greater concentration, an expanded sense of connection, skills to deal with anger, fear and frustration, and a better sense of balance in both taking care …
It has been well established that therapeutic mindfulness practices are connected to benefits such as lower stress responses, greater awareness, and better regulation abilities, leading many to recommend mindfulness to everyone who experiences mental, emotional, and physical distress. Dissociation, on the other hand, is best understood as a mental health concern, ranging from moderately impairing …