3 Loving-Kindness Meditations for Beginners 3 Loving-Kindness Meditations for Beginners 1) Directing Compassion Toward Ourselves Most of the time, we’re our own harshest critics. We strive to hide our flaws and mistakes so we can project a perfect image into the world. With this practice, we choose to instead bring compassion to our imperfections. This shift helps us grow more comfortable with the human difficulties we’ve been desperately trying to avoid—a radical shift that also uncovers the opportunity to develop our inner wisdom and equanimity....

The study was published this month in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of Arizona, Boston University, the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies and Emory University studied participants in an eight-week meditation training program. Three weeks after completing the program, participants brains were scanned. Researchers found changes to the amygdala brain region—the same effects on emotional processing uncovered by past studies, the difference in this new study being that participants were not meditating at the time of the brain scan....

Okay, hold your eye-rolling, but just for a moment. The company did some homework and teamed up with Gunilla Lönnberg, a mindfulness teacher, to develop an accompanying relaxation system called “Clean Your Mind.” The 30-minute recording includes ambient sounds intended to “harmonize” with the vacuum—like the sounds of the the power button clicking on and off. The guided instruction component sounds like a regular body scan—except for particular instructions for praciticing while holding a vacuum (i....

A senior adviser to the FCA, Liza Lovdahl Gormsen, said this lawsuit is on behalf of British citizens that used Facebook between 2015 and 2019. The Competition Appeal Tribunal in London will soon hear the case. Meta has reportedly been notified of this lawsuit by a law firm called Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, representing Lovdahl Gormsen. The suit alleges that Meta generated billions in revenues with unfair terms and conditions....

He made a video going through the process, and that video is embedded below. The Microsoft Duo 2 did a fairly good job, though not stellar. So, let’s get started. The Microsoft Duo 2 durability test started with a scratch test The Microsoft Duo 2 durability test started with a scratch test Let’s start where he started, with a scratch test. The Microsoft Duo 2 comes with a plastic frame, and a hinge made out of metal....