Loving Kindness and Embracing Compassion

Loving-kindness – or Metta – meditations have been shown to have numerous beneficial effects on us. Regularly practicing loving-kindness meditations can increase both positive and negative emotions, enhance self-compassion, and improve our empathy, compassion, and patience toward others. This practice can also improve our relationships, even the most challenging ones, reduce stress, and more. This is an eight-minute loving-kindness meditation you can do at any time of your day, even while on a walk!