Meditation increases compassion
Meditation also makes our compassion more effective.
- Practicing loving-kindness meditation for others increases our willingness to take action to relieve suffering.
- For long-term meditators, activity in the part of our brains that reflects on thoughts, feelings, and experiences quiets down, suggesting less rumination about ourselves and our place in the world.
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Self-Compassion Is Trainable
While many have the quality of self-compassion from birth, one can also get trained on loving yourself.
A popular mindfulness meditation called ‘loving-kindness meditation’ guides our mind to focus on the feelings of love, forgiveness and warmth towards ourselves and others.
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