Taking time to think kind thoughts about yourself and loved ones has psychological and physical benefits, new research suggests.
Taking part in self-compassion exercises calms the heart rate and switches off the body’s threat response, which researchers believe may lower the risk of disease.
In the study carried out by academics at the universities of Exeter and Oxford, 135 healthy Exeter students were divided into five groups and played a different set of audio instructions.
The team took physical measurements of heart rate and sweat response and asked participants to report how they were feeling. Read more
