Compassionate Mindfulness Of Emotion

Postures, Faces And Voice Tones

Deepening The Compassionate Self

Compassionate Self Imagery

These tracks feature Dr James Kirby delivering Compassion-Focused Therapy exercises in order to help build individual's own compassionate self.

CFT - Leaves On The Stream

Paul Gilbert
Founder of Compassion Focused Therapy

Paul Gilbert is a pioneer of compassion-focused therapy. He’s a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Derby. In his work, he has drawn on insights from Buddhist tradition as well as evolutionary psychology. His compassion training teaches people to quieten critical or hostile inner voices in order to treat themselves more kindly. That can mean working on breath, posture and tone of voice. Learning to feel compassion towards ourselves is a skill that can be taught.

Cultivating the Compassionate Mind by Paul Gilbert

This is a guided audio practice of the Soothing Rhythm Breathing practice from Compassion Focused Therapy Founder Paul Gilbert. This form of meditative breathing is a close cousin to mindful breathing, with an emphasis that relates to the aims of cultivating compassion.  It is advisable to work with a therapist or teacher when engaging these exercises. It is also a good idea to learn more about this practice in its context through any of the CFT series of books. To find out more, visit mindfulcompassion.com.

Soothing Rhythm Breathing

This imagery exercise is a central practice in Compassion Focused Therapy.  It involves deliberating creating an image of your compassionate mind as a personified being.  The details surrounding the practice can be found in the CFT series from New Harbinger publications.  It is advisable to work with a therapist or teacher when engaging these exercises. It is also a good idea to learn more about this practice in its context through any of the CFT series of books. To find out more, visit mindfulcompassion.com.

CFT founder, Dr. Paul Gilbert guides the listener in the practice of visualizing the Compassionate Other.  This more advanced method of imagery practice helps the practitioner to cultivate and access their compassionate mind, by visualizing an image of an unfailingly compassionate, warm, and helpful presence.  Elements of metta meditation and traditional dharmic compassion practice can be noticed.  This practice is among the primary imagery exercises in CFT.  This is among the exercises inThe Compassionate Mind Guide To Overcoming Anxiety and the entire CFT series of books.  It is advisable to work with a therapist or teacher when engaging these exercises.  It is also a good idea to learn more about this practice in its context through any of the CFT series of books.

Compassionate Other Imagery

Welcome to Self is a 9 minute guided meditation exploring the relationship we have with ourself

Welcome to Self Guided Meditation

This site hosts streaming audio and  downloads of mindfulness and compassion focused meditations and imagery exercises for The Compassionate Mind Foundation USA, Dr. Dennis Tirch and The Center for Compassion Focused Therapy in NYC.  All of the audio is available for free.


Compassionate Other Imagery

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