Mindful Self-Compassion Exercises (page 32, Exercise 2-2 — Affectionate Breathing; page 33, Exercise 2-3 — Focusing on the Soles of the Feet; page 51, Exercise 2-20 — Soften, Soothe, Allow; page 76, Exercise 3-11 — Meeting Your Compassionate Friend; page 84, Exercise 3-17 — Cultivating Compassion with Equanimity; and page 118, Exercise 4-14 — Writing a Compassionate Letter to Retire the Inner Critic): Adapted from Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff, Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher Guide (San Diego: Center for Mindful Self-Compassion, 2016). Used with permission of the authors.
Page 53, Exercise 2-21 — Focusing: Adapted from and used with permission of Ann Weiser Cornell, internationally known author and psychology educator who has been teaching and refining the Focusing process since she learned it from Eugene Gendlin in 1972.
Page 84: “Compassion” by Miller Williams, from The Ways We Touch: Poems (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997), American Journal of Psychology. Copyright © 1952–1997 by Miller Williams. Used with permission of the University of Illinois Press.
Page 122: “The Guest House” by Jalaluddin Rumi, from The Essential Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks (New York: HarperCollins, 1995). Used with permission of Coleman Barks.
Page 146: “Out of a Great Need” from The Gift: Poems by Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master, translated by Daniel Ladinsky (New York: Penguin Putnam, 1999). Used with permission of Daniel Ladinsky.
Page 160, Exercise 5-16 — Just Like Me: Adapted from Make Peace with You r Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Your Inner Critic by Mark Coleman (Novato, CA: New World Library, 2016). Used with permission.
Page 161, Exercise 5-17 — Forgiveness: From The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace by Jack Kornfield (New York: Bantam, 2002; London: Rider, 2002). Used with permission of the publishers.
Page 224, Exercise 8-3 — Neuromovement: Adapted from chapter 2, “The Learning Switch — Bring in the New,” of Move into Life: The Nine Essentials for Lifelong Vitality by Anat Baniel (New York: Harmony, 2009), copyright © 2009 by Anat Baniel. Used by permission of Harmony Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.