Compassion meditation

• compassion / loving-kindness
  Contemplative Practice · 1 paper put it here (inferred by the extraction, not stated in the paper)

• Use loving kindness and awareness of suffering to focus on the present moment.

  C. Behan (2020) · Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine · 10.1017/ipm.2020.38
  The benefits of meditation and mindfulness practices during times of crisis such as COVID-19

• Involves mindful attention to the present moment, focusing on developing prosocial mental states like kindness and compassion.

  J. Halifax (2011) · Journal of Pain and Symptom Management · 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.08.010
  The precious necessity of compassion.

• Focuses on recognizing that everyone has a wish to be happy. Specific details on posture, object of attention, instructions, sequence, and duration are not provided.

  Birgit Koopmann-Holm, Jocelyn Sze, Thupten Jinpa, J. Tsai (2019) · Cognition & Emotion · 10.1080/02699931.2019.1703648
  Compassion meditation increases optimism towards a transgressor

• Focuses on kindness towards those suffering.

  J. Galante, Ignacio Galante, Marie-Jet Bekkers, J. Gallacher (2014) · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · 10.1037/a0037249
  Effect of kindness-based meditation on health and well-being: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

• Cultivates deep sympathy for those suffering with wishes for their well-being. Involves a series of contemplations: freedom from enmity, mental and physical suffering, and happiness. Can be practiced in various postures (sitting, lying, walking) and at any time. Duration not specified.

  S. Hofmann, P. Grossman, D. Hinton (2011) · Clinical Psychology Review · 10.1016/j.cpr.2011.07.003
  Loving-Kindness and Compassion Meditation: Potential for Psychological Interventions

• Involves evoking feelings of compassion for various individuals and extending these feelings to all living beings.

  B. Tomasino, Sara Fregona, M. Skrap, F. Fabbro (2013) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00346
  Meditation-related activations are modulated by the practices needed to obtain it and by the expertise: an ALE meta-analysis study

• Focus on imagining and relieving others' suffering.

  C. Luberto, Nina M. Shinday, R. Song et al. (2018) · Mindfulness · 10.1007/s12671-017-0841-8
  A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Effects of Meditation on Empathy, Compassion, and Prosocial Behaviors

Measured in duration — derived from the review's own dose_and_time prose.

• - Total program length: 6 weeks - Session length: At least 10 minutes - Sessions per week: Not specified (only total number of sessions per week)

  T. Pace, L. Negi, Teresa I. Sivilli et al. (2009) · Psychoneuroendocrinology · 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.06.008
  Innate immune, neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to psychosocial stress do not predict subsequent compassion meditation practice time

Equipment is a property of the movement and is authored, never derived from the evidence corpus (docs/research/round2/ROUND2_KNOWN_CORRECTIONS.md §1). This option resolves to no catalogue exercise, so nothing has authored it yet.

• Instruction from a teacher is required to perform this technique. No prior meditation experience is necessary.

  T. Pace, L. Negi, Teresa I. Sivilli et al. (2009) · Psychoneuroendocrinology · 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.06.008
  Innate immune, neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to psychosocial stress do not predict subsequent compassion meditation practice time

• The practice was structured over a 6-week period with consistent protocol and teacher, indicating a progression from initial introduction to continued practice. Participants recorded their sessions, which were considered as part of the total practice time. The protocol was identical to the one used in the authors' initial study, suggesting consistency in the progression or structure of the practice.

  T. Pace, L. Negi, Teresa I. Sivilli et al. (2009) · Psychoneuroendocrinology · 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.06.008
  Innate immune, neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to psychosocial stress do not predict subsequent compassion meditation practice time

• - Contraindications: Medically unhealthy individuals, those with active psychiatric illness, individuals taking psychotropic or other medications that might affect TSST results, and those with acute infection. - Cautions: Individuals with elevated depressive symptoms may not be suitable.

  T. Pace, L. Negi, Teresa I. Sivilli et al. (2009) · Psychoneuroendocrinology · 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.06.008
  Innate immune, neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to psychosocial stress do not predict subsequent compassion meditation practice time

• Minimal (home), anywhere with a CD player or digital device; delivered via at-home practice CD and guided audio

  T. Pace, L. Negi, Teresa I. Sivilli et al. (2009) · Psychoneuroendocrinology · 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.06.008
  Innate immune, neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to psychosocial stress do not predict subsequent compassion meditation practice time

• MBSR programme — a paper measured this option against it
  “MBSR and MBCT are compared in terms of their effects on anxiety” · C. Behan (2020) · 10.1017/ipm.2020.38
• MBCT programme — a paper measured this option against it
  “MBSR and MBCT are compared in terms of their effects on anxiety” · C. Behan (2020) · 10.1017/ipm.2020.38

A paper measuring one option against another does not make the two interchangeable, and it does not say which to choose. These are listed as what the papers did, and nothing here proposes a substitution.