Loving-Kindness Meditation

Uses

How it works

Benefits

Preparation

Comparisons

Evidence quality

Where it comes from

Highlighted claims

• DIPP-MEDITATE uses guided Loving-Kindness Meditation layered over ambient music. — Digital Intervention for Psychedelic Preparation (DIPP): protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial comparing meditation- and music-based programmes in healthy volunteers
• The meditation condition differs from the music condition by including meditation instructions. — Digital Intervention for Psychedelic Preparation (DIPP): protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial comparing meditation- and music-based programmes in healthy volunteers
• Loving-kindness meditation is a Buddhist-derived practice for wishing well-being to oneself and others. — Happiness and Resilience in a Toxic Work Environment
• The programme cultivates loving-kindness toward oneself, another person, and all beings across successive weekly stages. — Digital Intervention for Psychedelic Preparation (DIPP): protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial comparing meditation- and music-based programmes in healthy volunteers
• Participants learn the 6Rs technique to work gently with distractions during meditation practice. — Digital Intervention for Psychedelic Preparation (DIPP): protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial comparing meditation- and music-based programmes in healthy volunteers
• The practice can help people who struggle with silent meditation because it supplies a focused mental script. — Happiness and Resilience in a Toxic Work Environment
• Loving-kindness meditation and values clarity can help someone stay grounded instead of absorbing another person’s emotional state. — Happiness and Resilience in a Toxic Work Environment
• Loving-Kindness Meditation was selected because a prior survey rated it the most effective meditation approach for psychedelic preparation. — Digital Intervention for Psychedelic Preparation (DIPP): protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial comparing meditation- and music-based programmes in healthy volunteers
• Loving-kindness meditation is presented as useful in difficult work situations because it changes the emotional state brought into interactions. — Happiness and Resilience in a Toxic Work Environment
• The article describes research in which six weeks of loving-kindness meditation improved life satisfaction and signs of depression. — Happiness and Resilience in a Toxic Work Environment