The Mindful Lover - Practicing Mindfulness in Intimate Relationships
The Mindful Lover FAQ
Are you interested in love and mindfulness?
No wonder we're so interested in both love and mindfulness! To put it simply, love can help us feel safe and happy, and mindfulness can help us learn to love in ways that support our well-being. This said, love and friendship often feel complicated, even difficult.
How can mindfulness help you grow healthy love?
One approach - and a highly relevant one for mindfulness practitioners - is to bring our wish for love and friendship together with our intention to be aware, to be mindful. It's a matter of both knowing our hearts and training our hearts. Mindfulness,by seeing clearly, can help us grow healthy love. The process goes something like this:
Are mindfulness and love the same thing?
These days, both mindfulness and love, as in compassion or loving kindness, receive significant attention. Researchers and academics study their mechanisms, including those here at the Mindfulness Center. Media outlets of all varieties write and share articles about them.
Can mindfulness re-imagine love?
Éowyn Ahlstrom, MEd , Assistant Director, Community and Online Programs and Instructor “The starting place for a radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness,” according to renowned author and pioneering meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg. These days, both mindfulness and love, as in compassion or loving kindness, receive significant attention.
The Mindful Lover References
If you want to know more about The Mindful Lover, consider exploring links below:
What Is The Mindful Lover
- https://www.mindful.org/how-to-be-mindful-in-love/
- https://bryjaimea.com/articles/relationships/mindful-love-cultivating-presence-in-your-relationship/
- https://www.shortform.com/blog/mindful-love/
- https://www.boundlessloveproject.org/news/2017/12/12/an-intro-to-true-love-kindness-peace-compassion-and-joy
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/social-instincts/202212/two-ways-to-be-a-more-mindful-lover
- https://www.brown.edu/public-health/mindfulness/ideas/mindfulness-and-love
- https://mindfulnessexercises.com/8-mindfulness-exercises-for-love-and-compassion/
- https://www.headspace.com/mindfulness/mindfulness-101
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