Yes. Scientific research shows that being compassionate can improve health, well-being, relationships and sense of purpose. Compassion can be cultivated by meditation practice and offers many benefits: - Strengthens brain circuits for pleasure and reward and leads to lasting increases in self-reported happiness - Reduces risk of heart disease by boosting the positive effects of the vagus nerve - Makes people more resilient to stress; lowers stress hormones in the blood and saliva - Boosts the immune response - Increases Positive emotion, decreases rumination - Decreases negative emotions such as: hatred, jealousy, anger - Enhances communication and connection with others so better relationships -More compassionate people / parents / workers / societies have better social skills, take care of their most vulnerable members, assist other nations in need, and perform more acts of kindness.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 10:32:39 +0000
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