Saturday, January 31, 2015

MPDR Archives Blog Post #116 - November 23, 2014

Pause for 3 mindful breaths
image by M. Lee Freedman

“Loving-kindness meditation focuses on developing feelings of goodwill, kindness and warmth towards others (Salzberg, 1997). …Research shows that loving-kindness meditation has a tremendous amount of benefits ranging from benefitting well-being to giving relief from illness and improving emotional intelligence.”
-Emma Seppälä, Ph.D 
(excerpt from 18 Science-Based Reasons to Try Loving-Kindness Meditation) 
If you are interested and have the time to try a loving kindness meditation, here is a link to a 9 minute recording of a guided loving kindness meditation http://marc.ucla.edu/mpeg/05_Loving_Kindness_Meditation.mp3

Have a mindful evening 
Lee
M. Lee Freedman

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