Finding Loving Kindness Phrases is the initial practice to start exploring the use of kind words and see what that is like.

Compassionate Letter to Myself is an opportunity to write a kind and compassionate letter to yourself offering yourself words that are helpful and supportive.

Compassionate Friend is a practice where you use your imagination to help you get in touch with kindness and compassion for yourself.

Compassionate Body Scan is a helpful practice to start coming into a friendlier relationship with your whole body, especially if you have an illness, fatigue or are living with pain.

Compassion with Equanimity is a very helpful practice if you are caring for others and finding it difficult and exhausting.

Compassion for Self and Others allows you to practice breathing in kindness to yourself and breathing out kindness to any beings who you think about. It is a more advanced practice and better to start with Affectionate Breathing and Giving and Receiving Compassion.

Affectionate Breathing Practice gives you the opportunity to bring kindness to yourself whilst breathing in and out. People generally find it soothing and relaxing and it is a good place to start practising mindful self-compassion.