Kindness to Self Mindfulness Meditation: Compassion Focused Therapy (8 minutes)

During this Kindness to Self mindfulness meditation you will direct loving kindness toward yourself. Traditionally self kindness and compassion practices start with yourself because without loving yourself it can very difficult to love others. During this meditation you will internally recite a number of key phrases and allow the feelings to permeate your body and mind.
When you feel you have established a strong sense of lovingkindness for yourself, you can then expand this meditation to include others such as family, friends or co-workers.
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☐ The Compassionate Mind By Paul Gilbert. amzn.to/406R5Ad
☐ The Compassionate Mind Workbook by Chris Irons and Elaine Beaumont.
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☐ Compassion Focused Therapy for Dummies by Mary Welford. amzn.to/3HjHsoZ
☐ Mindful Compassion by Paul Gilbert and Choden. amzn.to/3wChWqa
☐ Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World by Mark Williams and Danny Penman. amzn.to/3Dm6cvW
🔵 ABOUT TERESA LEWIS
Teresa Lewis is the founder and Director of Lewis Psychology and a Senior Accredited psychotherapist with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP Snr. Accred). Qualified in 1995, Teresa has been providing counselling and psychotherapy treatment for nearly 30 years. Teresa holds a masters degree in counselling and psychotherapy and is a qualified EMDR Practitioner having completed training accredited with EMDR Europe. Teresa is also a qualified adult educator and an accredited Mindfulness teacher As a recognised expert in her field Teresa is frequently asked to conduct editorial reviews and endorse counselling and psychotherapy books for international publishing houses.
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[@LewisPsychology]

How are you? Tell me how you feel after watching this video. I'd love to hear from you.

[@sarahbrady2293]

My compassion focused therapist recommended these. Ive been listening to them everyday for a week. I have fallen asleep listening to them. Hope i do tonight my insomnia isnt good today.

[@LewisPsychology]

Sarah Brady thank you for your comment. I hope you get what you need from the practices. Wishing you well.

[@sarahbrady2293]

Thank you ive been listening to all of them. Some i find easier than others. I like the sound at the beginning and the end.

[@AndyB1286]

Thanks for this, Teresa. This is an interesting meditation, and some of the phrases resonated with me more than others did. I’ll come back to this in the future 👍🏼

[@LewisPsychology]

@@AndyB1286 thanks for your kind comment. Warm regards.

[@livmoryoga]

Thank you for sharing CFT guided meditations. Your voice is so calming and soothing. I look forward to other practices. CFT has been a great support to me ❤️

[@LewisPsychology]

Thank you so much! Best wishes, Teresa.

[@tesstricks3169]

Thank you Lewis, I felt much lighter, I noticed some resistance arise but I look forward to getting used to kindness and embracing it within myself and toward others. I am so grateful that you did this :)

[@LewisPsychology]

Thank you for your comment Tess. It is common to notice some resistance to compassion based practices. I wish you well.

[@rachelhubbard3494]

Your guided meditations and explanations are so helpful - thank you so much for sharing here

[@LewisPsychology]

That’s great to hear, thank you. Best wishes, Teresa.

[@AndyB1286]

Still enjoying using this meditation. It helps me when I’m on breaks at work 👍🏼 Thanks Teresa 🙏

[@LewisPsychology]

I’m really pleased to hear it helps. Wishing you well Andy.

[@emekdenizdemirci]

Amazing, Thank you so much Teresa.

[@LewisPsychology]

That's great to hear. Best wishes, Teresa.

[@mjones1538]

Thank you so much for this meditation

[@chelsearocks777]

Very precious, thank you 💗🥀🙏🏻

[@LewisPsychology]

Thank you. Best wishes, Teresa.

[@haleyjo870]

This was really amazing, thank you!

[@LewisPsychology]

That’s great to hear Haley. Best wishes, Teresa.

[@valentinagiusti8684]

Thanks!

[@AndyB1286]

This helped a lot this morning 🙂

[@LewisPsychology]

I hope you’re well.