Lojong/Compassion Meditation: An Anti-Inflammatory for Mind and Body

Can cultivating genuine kindness and compassion actually make/keep us physically healthier? Stress-created/supported  chronic inflammation is a stubborn low-level attack on our body, it causes significant wear-and-tear over time and is linked to many diseases (i.e., heart disease, diabetes, etc.) as well as some neuro-degenerative conditions. But what if a collection of consistent Tibetan Buddhist mind-training contemplative/meditative methodologies  ('Lojong') could actually lower our oft-automatic inflammatory responses to various everyday stressors . . . cultivating and maintaining authentically greater, deeper physical health? Ancient Wisdom practices > Modern Psychology > Physiological Medicine . . .  Interconnectedly powerful?  For your consideration . . .  (Length: 14 minutes) The Elegant Mind is shared here by Mark Winwood, a member of the teaching faculty at Naropa University (Boulder, CO) with accompanying music composed and performed by the San Francisco Bay-area musician Bobby Vega.  (contact: [email protected])