As you may have understood, I’m an advocate of self-love and self-compassion.
Those qualities arise spontaneously through yoga- and meditation practice and may be the way forward for this world; for humans to live in love and peace and our planet Earth to be treated with love and respect.
There’s research being done on the subject of self-compassion (which includes self-love along with Kristin Neff’s definition).
Kristin Neff* at the University of Texas has done a good amount of research on self-compassion. Her TEDx-talk about the difference of self-esteem and self-compassion is an important one, so I let her explain it. Enjoy!
*Kristin’s website http://self-compassion.org/
Stay tuned for coming blogposts and webinars on self-love; what is it really and can it be practiced?
Photo by Marie in NC 