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Healing through
Loving-Kindness:
The effective use of meditation
in personal and professional practice
Mary Brantley, LMFT
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presented
to the
UNC School of Social Work
Clinical Lecture Series
November 11, 2013
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Ten thousand flowers
in spring,
The moon in autumn,
A cool breeze in
summer,
Snow in winter–
If your mind is not
clouded
By unnecessary things,
This is the best season
of our life.
– Wu Men
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What Meditation Is
Greater calm
Improved concentration &
increased awareness
An enhanced connection to others
More effective responses to
difficulties and stress
Renewed energy and balance
A way of providing
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What Meditation Isn’t
It is not a religion
It doesn’t require special skills
It doesn’t demand a huge amount of your time every day
It isn’t an attempt to stop thinking
It doesn’t eliminate sadness or rough patches from your life
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Core Principles in
Meditation Practices(from Christina Feldman)
Attention
Awareness
Understanding and
Compassion
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A simple meditation to learn
and to teach is
Breath Awareness
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Settle into a comfortable position,
which may be sitting, lying down or
standing.
Bring awareness to sensations
of the breath.
Simply bring awareness to the
experience.
When your thoughts wander, just let
them be or let them go, return your
focus to the breath sensation.
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You could pay attention to breath
sensations at the nostrils, the
mouth or notice the sensations as
your abdomen or chest rises and
falls.
Let the breath come to you,
relax and just feel it.
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What is Loving-Kindness?
Loving-Kindness
is a basic human response of
friendliness and kindness.
It exists as a seed or a potential that
can be cultivated by anyone.
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Loving-kindness means great friendliness to self
and others. It is a well of kindheartedness
and wholesome deeds that are freely shared.
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The Kindness HandbookBy Sharon Salzberg
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Loving-kindness is
classically taught along with
meditations that develop
Compassion
Sympathetic Joy
Equanimity
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Compassion
The stirring of the heart in
response
to pain or suffering-our own or
that of others.
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Appreciative Joy
The ability to rejoice in the
good fortune and happiness
of others.
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Equanimity
Is the unshakable and steadiness that
comes as we learn to keep our hearts
open through the changing
circumstances of our lives.
With an open heart our response is
likely to be wiser and more effective.
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Qualities That Support and
Enrich Loving-Kindness
Practice
Generosity
Forgiveness
Gratitude
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Practicing
Loving-Kindness
Using Phrases
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Loving-Kindness Phrases
May I be happy
May I be healthy
May I be peaceful
May I be safe
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Directing phrases to the
following five groups.
Yourself
A loved one, good friend,
benefactor, teacher
A person you feel neutral about
A challenging person
All people
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The Way We Practice
with the Phrases Is:
Attending to one phrase at a time
Don’t rush
When your mind wanders, notice
and come back to the phrases
Keep repeating the phrases
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Practical Suggestions
to Support your
Personal Practice
Choosing time of day
Choosing your location
Deciding how much time you practice
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Knowing your motivation
Summoning determination
Practicing gratitude
Remember to include yourself
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Ways of Developing
Kindness Toward Yourself
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Spend time reflecting on the good
you have done.
Think of someone who has helped
you, been kind to you.
Spend some time each day in self-
care.
In your loving-kindness meditation
practice remember to begin with
yourself.
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Loving-Kindness
for
Caregivers
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May I offer my care and presence
unconditionally, knowing it may be
met by gratitude, indifference,
anger or anguish.
May I find the inner resources to truly
be able to give.
May I offer love, knowing I cannot
control the course of life, suffering or
death.
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May I remain in peace and let go
of expectations.
I care about your pain and I cannot
control it.
I wish you happiness and peace and
I cannot make your choices for you.
May this experience help me open
to the true nature of life.
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You do not have to
separate your meditation
from your life.
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How to Develop
InformalLoving-Kindness
Practice
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Direct kindness toward yourself
or others throughout the day.
Send kind thoughts to yourself if
you are upset, worried, feeling
low, can’t sleep.
You can direct thoughts of
compassion to your clients.
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How to Help Clients
Learn to Use
Loving-Kindness
for
Themselves
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Keep it simple!
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May I be peaceful
May I be free of anger
May I be held in compassion
May I be free from pain and sorrow
May I be undisturbed by the coming and going of events
Try using a favorite
single loving-kindness
phrase
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What’s the Evidence?
Research on meditation has soared
over the last decade,
with the first studies published
thirty years ago.
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Neuroplasticity
Brain’s ability to change its structure
and function.
Expanding or strengthening
circuits that are used.
Weakening those that are
rarely engaged.
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Documented Benefits of
Loving-Kindness Meditation
More emotional positivity
More socially attuned
More cognitively aware
More resilience
Improved cardiovascular health
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Open Hearts Build Lives:
Positive Emotions, Induced Through
Loving-Kindness Meditation,
Build Consequential Personal Resources
Barbara L. Fredrickson, et al., (2008)
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
volume 95, issue 5, pages 1045-1062
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How Positive Emotions
Build Physical Health:
Perceived Positive Social
Connections Account for the
Upward Spiral Between
Positive Emotions and Vagal Tone
Bethany E. Kok, et al., (2012)
Psychological Science on line version
http://pss.sagepub.com/content/24/7/1123
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Loving-Kindness Meditation to
Enhance Recovery From
Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia
David P. Johnson, et al., (2009)
Journal of Clinical Psychology,
volume 65, issue 5, pages 499-509
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In
Closing
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Factors that get
in the way of practice
Don’t have time
Can’t remember to meditate
Don’t believe that it can make
a difference
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This will help!
Learn one phrase that is
meaningful to you and repeat it
often for yourself.
Take a moment to drop into the
meaning of the phrase before your
client walks into the room or
you walk into a difficult situation.
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“The most practical thing we can achieve in
any kind of work is insight into what is
happening inside of us as we do it.
The more familiar we are with our inner
terrain, the more surefooted our teaching –
and living – becomes.” Parker Palmer