Audio Clips

Stan Steindl at The Compassion Initiative

This is a form of meditation called a Loving-Kindness Meditation. It was developed by James Kirby and is completely free for use and download.

Loving-Kindness Meditation

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

CFT - Soothing Rhythm Breathing

CFT - Safe Place Imagery

CFT - Building Our Compassionate Self (Part 1)

This 10 minute track is a meditation for therapists and practitioners to assist in cultivating a compassionate motivation and help manage their own self-care.

Cultivating Compassionate Motivation

Affectionate breathing with music. Spoken word by Stan Steindl, classical guitar accompaniment by Anthony Garcia. Performed as part of Convergence: The Science, Art and Spirit of Compassion. Approximately 18 minutes.

Convergence

Kindness Raga - Affectionate Breathing

Loving kindness for others meditation with music. Spoken word by Stan Steindl, classical guitar accompaniment by Anthony Garcia. Performed as part of Convergence: The Science, Art and Spirit of Compassion. Approximately 18 minutes.

One Heart - Loving Kindness for Others

Loving kindness for self meditation with music. Spoken word by Stan Steindl, classical guitar accompaniment by Anthony Garcia. Performed as part of Convergence: The Science, Art and Spirit of Compassion. Approximately 18 minutes.

Inner Wave - Loving Kindness Meditation for Self

In this brief video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jKxI1zp1Gg&t=6s), Stan explore the fears, blocks and resistances to compassion and self-compassion, as well as some of the benefits of compassion, and how to start incorporating more compassion into your life by taking small steps.

This video is designed for people who have just been introduced to compassion focused therapy and who may be feeling certain reservations. Please feel free to share it anyone who might be interested or benefit.

So, someone has mentioned compassion, but you have your reservations...

This video follows on from the previous two videos about The Compassionate Friend. However, here, Dr Stan Steindl discusses creating the "ideal compassionate other." This involves imagining an ideal being, without human weaknesses or flaws, who is exactly the kind of compassionate other that we want and would feel most helpful. If you would like to write your thoughts and ideas down on the "Creating Your Ideal Compassionate Other" handout mentioned in the video, go to the link below to download the PDF. And if you would like to watch the original video, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/TKdb_1IcC5s


Creating Your Ideal Compassionate Other Handout:
https://psychologyconsultants-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/stan_psychologyconsultants_com_au/Ebm1vW2kVp5AhMiSTC9Ypy0BJqViUIMIOr7xLWwnsmAJXQ?e=vO7VeN

Creating Your Ideal Compassionate Other (or The Compassionate Friend - Part 3)

Welcome to The Compassion Mind Research Group Podcast Series. This Podcast series is from the Compassionate Mind Research Group lab at the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland. The podcast series is aimed to share research news about compassion, as well as compassion imagery and meditation tracks of compassion, which we use in our research. You can check out our lab here: https://psychology.uq.edu.au/research/labs-groups/compassionate-mind

Creating Your Ideal Compassionate Other (or The Compassionate Friend - Part 3)

The Compassion Mind Research Group (CMRG) Podcast