Forgiveness Meditation is a powerful tool to help you let go of your past, offer forgiveness to others, be more compassionate, and heal yourself. It works best when practiced in combination with other types of meditation, such as compassion and healing meditations.

Forgiving someone for hurting you is not an easy task, but a good exercise to try once in a while. Forgiveness is a practice that can lead to feelings of peace, happiness and emotional and spiritual healing.

When you hold on to anger and resentment towards a person, it can cause you great harm in the long run. You might find yourself ruminating over their actions, making you bitter and stressed. Forgiveness is the only way to stop this cycle of negativity.

Mindfulness exercises may facilitate forgiveness, a study suggests.

While mindfulness is well-known for its ability to reduce stress and anxiety, new research suggests that it also facilitates forgiveness. Researchers at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands found that mindfulness exercises can increase forgiveness levels among participants and their romantic partners.

This is because mindfulness practices help people recognize their thoughts, emotions and behaviors. This awareness can then be used to make choices that lessen the impact of negative emotions and behavior patterns, including anger and resentment.

Self-forgiveness is a similar technique, but for people who have a tendency to hold grudges and negative feelings toward themselves. In this type of meditation, you repeat phrases to yourself that are intended to release any feelings or thoughts that are contrary to forgiveness.