Everyone wants to be loved, and everyone wants to be happy. This guided meditation, led by Sean Fargo, is a practice for remembering that.
It invites us to remember our shared humanity: that all humans yearn for love and kindness. It is sometimes hard to connect with this knowing due to any walls we have built around our hearts.
This simple practice is a moment to step away from the judgments we hold – about both ourselves and about others – so that we can tune back into this deeper knowing.
Practices for Love and Happiness
As we practice loving kindness and compassion exercises, we harness a sense of peace and contentment within. Love and happiness go hand in hand. One way to see it: any place where we hold back unconditional love from ourselves or another can form a blockage or barrier within us.
When we are contracted or blocked in this way, it can feel as if the unconditional force of life is unable to flow through us freely. Through loving-kindness exercises, we soften the heart and make room for more kindness and tenderness.
The Benefits of Loving Kindness
Heart-centered meditation practices and mindfulness exercises may offer a variety of benefits, though results vary and they are not a substitute for medical or mental health care. Some of the possible effects include (but are not limited to):
- An increased sense of love, joy, gratitude, and positivity
- Less anxiety, stress, and depression
- Less headache, migraine, and other pain
- More emotional intelligence, compassion, and empathy
- Less personal bias and judgment
- Better relationships
