Name: Loving-Kindness Meditation by The Compassion Mind Research Group (CMRG) Podcast in CFT exercises
Duration: 15 min 42 s
Description: 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.

CFT exercises

A CFT consistent loving kindness meditation for use in compassionate mind training. From the NYC Center for Mindfulness and Compassion Focused Therapy with Dr. Dennis Tirch

Metta for CFT

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 - Compassionate Image

CFT - Building Our Compassionate Self (Part 1)

CFT - Deepening The Compassionate Self (Part II)

Connection NO MUSIC

This practice helps us harness the power of our breath to soothe and calm ourselves.

Soothing rhythm breathing

This is an imagery practice that uses our brain's ability to imagine things (and it's inability to know the difference between reality and what is imagined) to move toward soothing.

Compassionate colour

This is an exercise aimed to help develop your compassionate self. When you do these practices it is important to just play around with them and see how they work for you. If they are difficult it at all, just stop. So as they say, stay in your safe zone. With time these practices become easier.

CFT Compassionate Self Exercise

Chris Germer leads you through a guided meditation designed to help you discover loving-kindness and compassion phrases that are deeply meaningful to you.

Find Your Loving-Kindness Phrases

45-Min Mindful Movement Lying Down Postures by Lois Howland

A 10-Minute Practice for Doing Nothing

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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

Loving-Kindness Meditation

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