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Compassionate breathing is fundamentally a mindfulness exercise with breath as the main object of meditation, but with added elements of self-compassion, as well as gratitude. This exercise is useful for beginners, as well as those who would like to begin with metta, self-compassion or any other heart practice but have a heard time starting because of resistance. It's a gentle introduction into a very rewarding set of meditative practices. Like all other mindfulness exercises that I've uploaded, this one is also entirely secular and compatible with any religious beliefs you may hold.