The Mirror Project studies a simple meditation — observing yourself in the mirror — as a practice of self-compassion and as a tool for psychedelic preparation and integration.
The mirror meditation is simple: observe yourself in the mirror. Notice what arises — what thoughts, bodily sensations, emotions. Vital to this practice is the use of awareness to gently redirect negative self-feelings and to introduce positive loops. Using the mirror as a portal into self-examination, the practitioner learns to move through what arises and hold it in a framework of self-acceptance and compassion.
The primary outcome is self-compassion, measured with Kristin Neff's State Self-Compassion Scale, a validated measure of self-compassion in the moment, taken on arrival and again at the close.