{"id":3007,"date":"2026-01-22T09:40:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/?p=3007"},"modified":"2026-01-22T09:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:51:32","slug":"loving-kindness-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/2026\/loving-kindness-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Loving Kindness Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Loving Kindness Meditation\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p>By Madelyn&nbsp;Cook<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Loving Kindness Meditation\" class=\"wp-image-3020\" style=\"width:765px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/1-2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/1-2-512x640.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/1-2-1024x1280.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/1-2-320x400.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/1-2-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/2-2.jpg\" alt=\"What is it?\" class=\"wp-image-3021\" style=\"width:763px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/2-2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/2-2-512x640.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/2-2-1024x1280.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/2-2-320x400.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/2-2-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/3-2.jpg\" alt=\"What does the research say\" class=\"wp-image-3022\" style=\"width:761px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/3-2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/3-2-512x640.jpg 512w, 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