The Healing Power of Forgiveness

The Healing Power of Forgiveness

"Over the past two decades," says Dr. Frederic Luskin, Director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Project, "researchers across the nation have demonstrated in numerous studies that forgiving others helps to:

• Reduce depression
• Decrease stress
• Lessen anxiety
• Increase self-esteem
• Lower blood pressure
• Increase physical vitality
• Relieve backache
• Reduce muscle
• Alleviate chronic pain
• Improve relationships, and
• Boost the immune syatem."

- Excerpted from Alice Feinstein's article, "Science looks at the Healing Power of Forgiveness" which appeared in the Summer 2007 edition of Self-Realization.

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