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Compassionate Body Scan
- Narrated by: Kristin Neff
- Length: 30 mins
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- Categories: Health & Wellness, Alternative & Complementary Medicine
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Publisher's Summary
Over the past decade, an overwhelming body of research has shown self-compassion to be key to good psychological and physical health. Whether you wish to reduce stress, develop healthy habits for exercise or diet, unlock your creativity, or even deal with serious conditions such as depression or addiction, a strong sense of self-compassion is an essential ingredient for success. Best of all, self-compassion is a skill that can be learned. Dr. Kristin Neff presents a simple guided meditation focusing on gratitude and kindness toward every part of the body.
Sounds True Practices are short downloadable audio sessions selected from our most popular courses. Affordably priced and ideal for beginners, they're a powerful way to use energy healing, guided imagery, meditation, and other proven practices at home or on the go. Put them on your smartphone, MP3 player, tablet device, or computer … and start experiencing their benefits today.
This session is excerpted from Kristin Neff's 6-CD audio program Self-Compassion Step by Step.
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- tamie
- 10-05-17
Thank you for
No music, no fluff words, the simple directness and sincerity of your spoken words and most of all thank you for the space between the words.
And for audible.com thank you for not ending this meditation with "this is audible we hope you've enjoyed....."
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- Nana Chill
- 11-25-18
A sweet & gentle body scan
I liked the sound of Kristin’s voice. She gently asks you to explore what you’re sensing and noticing. Every time I listen to this recording I feel a sense of innocence and compassion. I listen to this as I prepare to fall asleep or if I wake up in the night. It’s like a friend.
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- Remuna
- 10-02-18
Beautiful
Loved it! The audio is of a very high quality and the narrator's extremely soothing.
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- K
- 02-02-18
Very good guided meditation !
I love it when an author is capable of reading their own work; not all voices/tones work well for that. Kristin Neff's voice is kind with undertones of humor and experience. This is a perfect companion for her other works. which I also highly recommend.
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- George Ann
- 04-03-17
Great Voice
I have fallen asleep each time. From being in a panic state to sleep is great.
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- Tall and Sassy
- 09-09-15
relaxing
very intuitive and would re-read again and again. would also recommend this book to friends and family
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- Datetree
- 05-27-15
more developed self love instructions
the decision to be general in describing how to soothe, and send self love to body parts:prefer actual instructions, such as: say to your ankle, " ankle, i appreciate and love you. I love you low back"0 this was left to the reader's imagination, but i prefer instructions in this case..
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- Philippa Ellis
- 07-01-20
A truly compassionate body scan experience
Kristin Neff's warm voice and guidance are both gentle and clear, easy to follow and relax into. I loved this body scan. Feeling very relaxed, with a greater awareness of how my body is feeling, part by part, leading to more compassion towards each piece of my body, as well as a whole..therefore kinder, gentler towards myself. Feel physically calm and relaxed, at ease. Wonderful to have this experience during lockdown, a peaceful holiday for both body and mind. Highly recommend, will repeat it often.
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- A Fireman
- 07-12-21
Save your money
Great author, but this is the worst version of a body scan I have ever come across.
Makes no sense at all to me, to start with the toes. Annoying voice. Poor delivery.