Compassionate Strength™ Training

Journey

For Individuals & Groups

Grow Compassionate Strength™ at your own pace. The Living Gently™ app guides you through three 12-week practice plans—starting with self-kindness, moving through mindfulness, and building to full compassionate strength training, helping you meet everyday challenges with care, clarity, and inner strength.

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Practice

Compassionate Strength

A modern holistic wellbeing practice using the Kind, Kinder, Kindest™ framework learn more

Kind

10–15 min per day, 12 weeks

Self-kindness is the practice of responding to your experiences with warmth and care, and relating to yourself as you would a dear friend, with patience, understanding, and gentleness.

A starting practice for newcomers with no previous experience as well as experienced meditators alike.

    • Weeks 1–4 — Intention
      Begin by setting an intention for your wellbeing and practice.

    • Weeks 5–8 — Awareness
      Observe your thoughts, feelings, and sensations with curiosity and non-judgement.

    • Weeks 9–12 — Connection
      Nurture a kind relationship with yourself, just as you would with a dear friend, allowing warmth and care to grow naturally.

  • The Living Gently™ app offers a 12‑week training journey, with a recorded guided meditation each month and optional gentle in‑app practice support messaging if you need help with a practice. Our approach to self-kindness is evidence-informed, drawing on the self-compassion research of Kristin Neff.

    What’s included

    • 12-week self-guided training journey

    • Gentle in-app supportive messages

    • Monthly recorded guided meditation

    • Evidence-informed self-kindness approach

Kinder

15–20 min per day, 12 weeks

Mindfulness is the practice of gently paying attention to your present moment experience on purpose, with openness, and without judgement.

A continuing practice for those seeking balance and connection just as they are, with no pressure to fix, change, or perform.

    • Weeks 13–16 — Growing
      Bring mindful attention to everyday moments.

    • Weeks 17–20 — Focusing
      Develop concentration and curiosity in your attention.

    • Weeks 21–24 — Deepening
      Expand awareness toward self-compassion and care for others.

  • The Living Gently™ app offers a 12‑week training journey, with a recorded guided meditation each month and optional gentle in‑app practice support messaging if you need help with a practice. Our approach to mindfulness is evidence-informed, drawing on the research of Jon Kabat-Zinn.

    What’s included

    • 12-week self-guided training journey

    • Gentle in-app supportive messages

    • Monthly recorded guided meditation

    • Evidence-informed mindfulness approach

    • Includes an optional monthly 10-minute Kind Call with live guided practice if needed. Please book ahead. See disclaimer

Kindest

20–30 min per day, 12 weeks

Compassionate Strength is the practice of nurturing the kindest relationship with yourself, others, and living world, offering a way to meet life’s challenges with care, clarity, and strength, guided by your wellbeing intention and purpose.

A modern wellbeing practice that brings self-kindness and mindfulness into full lived experience.

    • Weeks 25–28 — Strengthening
      Ground mindfulness and kindness in everyday life.

    • Weeks 29–32 — Expanding
      Widen your circle of care to include others, community, and the living world.

    • Weeks 33–36 — Embodying
      Living gently with your practice — letting awareness, compassion, gentleness and care guide how you move through life.

  • The Living Gently™ app offers a 12‑week training journey, with a recorded guided meditation each month and optional gentle in‑app practice support messaging if you need help with a practice. Our approach to Compassionate Strength™ and holistic wellbeing is culturally informed by Te Whare Tapa Whā, Aotearoa New Zealand’s recognised model of holistic wellbeing developed by Sir Mason Durie, and integrates self-kindness and mindfulness practices, drawing on the research of Kristin Neff and Jon Kabat-Zinn.

    What’s included

    • 12-week self-guided training journey

    • Gentle in-app supportive messages

    • Monthly recorded guided meditation

    • Integrated evidence and culturally informed approach

    • Includes an optional monthly 20-minute Kind Call with live guided practice if needed. Please book ahead. See disclaimer

Living Gently app

1. Self-guided

Go at your own pace

Cultivate the practices needed to move through your day gently. Begin with 10–15 minutes practice per day, gradually progressing to 20-30 minutes for an embodied experience.

2. Guided

Support for your self-guided practice

Practice support is available through in-app messaging, monthly meditation, and live 1:1 mindfulness practice. All guidance is designed to help you engage with the content, including journaling prompts and mindfulness exercises giving you a choice of formats that work best for you.

Begin

Your free trial.

Individual (Monthly Subscription)

  • Starting from NZ $156 / month

  • $39 per week, per person — billed monthly

  • Grow gently with weekly, self-guided practices in Self-kindness, Mindfulness, and Compassionate Strength™ at a pace that feels right for you.

Group (Book a call)

  • Bring Compassionate Strength™ to your group.

  • Every group is unique — book a free 20-minute call to explore the best wellbeing practice for your needs.

Access our free Guide.

Begin your Living Gently journey with our free, step-by-step Joining and Sharing Guide. It’s a simple way to begin with care and clarity. Complete the form and we’ll send you the link straight away!