Compassion is a much valued human quality. Have a read below and see for yourself how being compassionate can benefit health. Beneath this post click on the link to our Timetables. You will find classes that you can attend, all of which will help you become a more caring and compassionate person through yoga meditation. Meditation classes are FREE ..!
Brain scans during meditation, which directs compassion toward suffering, suggest that, on average, compassionate people’s minds wander less about what has gone wrong in their lives, or might go wrong in the future; as a result, they’re happier.
Compassion helps make caring parents: Brain scans show that when people experience compassion, their brains activate in neural systems known to support parental nurturance and other caregiving behaviors.
Compassion helps make better spouses: Compassionate people are more optimistic and supportive when communicating with others.
Compassion helps make better friends. Feeling compassion for one person makes us less vindictive toward others.
Restraining feelings of compassion chips away at our commitment to moral principles.
Employees who receive more compassion in their workplace see themselves, their co-workers, and their organization in a more positive light, report feeling more positive and are more committed to their jobs.
More compassionate societies—those that take care of their most vulnerable members, assist other nations in need, and have children who perform more acts of kindness—are the happier ones.
Compassionate people are more socially adept, making them less vulnerable to loneliness; loneliness has been shown to cause stress and harm the immune system.
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