Dacher Loving-kindness exercise

Describe your experience. (Did you find it beneficial? Difficult?) Why or Why not? Would you recommend this to others? Why or Why not?


I found the exercise beneficial and I would recommend it to others.  However, I would let them know that often this type of exercise takes practice and should be done several times a week (which is mentioned on the recording) and not to get frustrated if some times it is difficult and other times it is easy. 


What is the concept of “Mental Workout? What does the research indicate are the proven benefits of a Mental Work Out? How can you implement mental workouts to foster your psychological health?


A mental workout is when a person does certain exercises that help to train the brain, such as meditation or even the loving-kindness exercise by Dacher. When we take time to train the brain then it does help with psychological health and even biological health because when the brain can access a higher level of consciousness and calmness then the body typically has less anxiety which in turn means less disease. Typically the higher level of consciousness fosters emotions such as kindness, compassion, love, etc., which benefit not only the individual functioning at that level, but every person they come in contact with.