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Together, we’re building a repository of both student- and teacher-identified resources and sources of inspiration (applicable readings, research, podcasts, creative resources, etc.). Check back here at the end of each month to see what your classmates and teachers have added to the mix!

 

Month #1

  • App: Insight Timer, an app designed to connect meditators worldwide.
  • Article: Psychotherapy Networker: “The 5 Myths of Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff“
  • Article: Rick Hanson’s teaching on how how the autonomic nervous system functions and how we can work with it to bring about calmer states of mind
  • Article: “Healing the Child Within,” by Thich Nhat Hanh (via Mindful.org)
  • Exercise: How Would You Treat A Friend?
  • Meditation: Affectionate Breathing with Chris Germer
  • Meditation: Self-Compassion Break (audio recording by Kristin Neff)
  • Printable: Practice Makes Imperfect Self-Compassion Journal
  • Scale and Website: The Adverse Childhood Experiences study
  • Scale: Self-Compassion Scale by Kristin Neff (Test your levels of self-compassion)
  • Website: Compassionate Mind Foundation

Recommended Videos, Month 1

 

Recommended Books, Month 1

Radical Acceptance, by Tara Brach
The Gifts of Imperfection, by Brené Brown
When Things Fall Apart, by Pema Chodron
The Compassionate Mind, by Paul Gilbert
Mindful Compassion by Paul Gilbert
The Meditators Dilemma
Childhood Disrupted, by Donna Jackson Nakazawa
The Last Best Cure, by Donna Jackson Nakazawa
The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion, by Chris Germer

 

Self-Compassion Playlist

 


 

Month #2

  • Meditation: Affectionate Breathing (Audio by Chris Germer)
  • Printable: Backdraft Awareness worksheet
  • Article: Starting a New Chapter with Backdraft, by Kristy Arbon
  • Book: Practicing Peace in Times of War by Pema Chodron
  • Quote by Pema Chodron as read by Bal: “If we want there to be peace in the world, then we have to take responsibility when our own hearts and minds harden and close. We have to be brave enough to soften what is rigid, to find the soft spot and stay with it. We have to have that kind of courage and take that kind of responsibility. That’s true spiritual warriorship. That’s the true practice of peace.”
  • Video: Manifesto for the Brave and Broken Hearted, by Brené Brown
  • Printable: Practice Makes Imperfect Self-Compassion Journal
  • Article: Tara Brach describes the two wings of the bird, awareness and compassion. (Huffington Post)
  • Podcast: With Tara Brach (about an hour). We strongly recommend Tara Brach’s weekly podcast, posted each Friday, which frequently touches on self-kindness and self-compassion, among other areas discussed in the CDP. Her podcast archives are free and can be found here.

Recommended Videos, Month 2


Month #3

  • The Compassionate Mind by Dr Paul Gilbert
  • A Heart Full of Peace by Joseph Goldstein
  • Loving Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg
  • Some suggested reading about the near and far enemies:
    • The Complete Book of Buddha’s Lists – Explained by David N. Snyder
    • http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/books-articles/dhamma-lists/

 

Recommended Videos Month 3

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