The Relationship Between Mindfulness and Loving Kindness

The researchers saw a similar pattern for feelings of love. So those feelings were significantly higher in the loving kindness condition compared to the mindfulness condition. The implications are that mindfulness practices that shift the focus to other people rather than to the self, are effective in inducing state mindfulness. But unlike the breathing focus practice, loving kindness meditation doesn't carry that risk of rupting the role of negative emotions an motivating these reparative behaviours.