The Loving Kindness practice from the book Integral Health: The Path to Human Flourishing by Elliott Dacher (2006) was a new and great experience for me. As I started getting into it I felt like my toes were getting tingly, in that normal? It even made me laugh a few times. I found that I was so focused on this exercise that I had blocked out the rest of my surroundings. Focusing on love and kindness, I noticed sometimes that I had a smile on my face. This exercise felt good and improved my mood after it was over.
Mental workouts do for our inner self what running and weight training does for our physical body. A trained mind has the ability to influence our physiology, hormonal system and immune system. “Research studies and personal reports have also demonstrated that mental training can transform the mind by reducing disturbing emotions that cause anger, hatred, fear, worry, confusion, and doubt while enhancing positive emotions such as patience, loving-kindness, openness, acceptance, and happiness. This mental transformation, acting through the mind/body connection, provides enhanced resistance to mental distress and physical disease, expands our healing capacities, and promotes well-being” (Dacher, 2006).
References:
Dacher, E. S. (2006). Intergral Health: The Path to Human Flourishing. Laguna Beach , CA: Basic Health Publications.
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