An exercise to help you notice when you are in your senses as opposed to in your mind and when you are acting to move towards what's important to you as opposed to acting to escape from difficult internal experiences. 

ACT matrix warm up

Kristin Neff Body Scan

All the recordings from the Breathworks Intensive meditation retreat 'Heart of the Breath' held at Adhisthana, Herefordshire, 2015. Led by Vidyamala Burch, Sona Fricker, Gary Henessey and Colette Power

Three Diaphragm Enquiry.MP3

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

CFT - Deepening The Compassionate Self (Part II)

Three minutes breathing space

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Loving Kindness Meditation (12 mins) – Rene Frey-Jennings

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

A short guided mindfulness meditation exploring sensations, thoughts, emotions, breath. Softening tension moment by moment.

Mindfulness Meditation for UCL Pain Management Masters

Body Scan (13.5 mns) – John Fletcher

A conversation with  Liz Stanley.

This episode's guest is Elizabeth Stanley, a professor at Georgetown University and author of the book "Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma." Liz is a U.S. Army veteran who came to practice (in part) to help her with PTSD. In their conversation, David and Liz discuss contemporary definitions of trauma and how this relates to the current moment; the neurophysiology of trauma, including the relationship between what Liz terms the “thinking brain” and “survival brain”; and their current assessments of the impacts of COVID-19, it’s impact on social windows of tolerance, and their hopes for the path ahead.

Episode 14 | Widening the Window of Tolerance

The Irish Centre for Compassion Focused Therapy (ICCFT) is an independent practice offering individual therapy and consultation.

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Irish Centre for Compassion Focused Therapy

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