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

Guided visualisation meditation to nurture feelings of compassion for the self.

Self-Compassion Guided Meditation

Mindfulness of the Breath Practice (15 mins)– Rachel Tobin

Exploring difficult emotions and experiences may be the key to loosening their hold over us. Try this 10-minute mindfulness practice from Patricia Rockman, MD.

Tame Feelings of Shame with this 10-Minute Practice

Mindfulness is a move to a different way of being.  Gary Hennessey, Breathworks co-founder talks here about how a well chosen poem during a mindfulness class can help us with our receptivity to this.

Gary Hennessey Poetry Talk - Breathworks Teacher Training Retreat - Taraloka 2015

What went well today? Kids and teens can explore this six-minute guided meditation for noticing the positive.

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Mindful Kids Practice: Coming Back to The Positive (8 Min)

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

Track 3 CMT Soothing Rhythm Breathing

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

Drawing on his revolutionary work in health, education, science, business and the arts, Jon Kabat-Zinn offers guidance and inspiration for experienced practitioners and those new to mindfulness alike.

2017-11/04 A Day Of Practice And Inquiry (5 hours) with Special Guest Jon-Kabat Zinn

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)

Mindfulness Works is New Zealand’s largest provider of mindfulness training.  

Mindfulness Works vision is:
“To significantly improve the mental health and well-being of all New Zealanders. To foster self-acceptance and self-love in all.”

Mindfulness Works offers:

- Regular public introduction to mindfulness and meditation courses throughout New Zealand
- Workplace, organisational and corporate training
- One-on-one mentoring, coaching and training in mindfulness and meditation
