The Compassionate Mind Paul Gilbert Contents Chapter 7 Mindful Preparations on the road to compassion 4 Mindfulness and breathing meditation 4 Mindful relaxing 5 Grounding 5 Small chill outs 6 Mindful exercises 6 Be an alien 6 Appreciation 6 Chapter 8 Compassionate Mind training through imagery 6 The compassionate desire to be happy 6 Exploring the desire to be at peace 6 Experiencing peace and joyfulness 7 Using Imagery 7 Using memory to create compassionate feeling 7 Exercises the desire for others to be happy 8 The music of compassion and the role of sadness 8 Exercise: the compassionate self 8 Compassion images and fantasies 8 Exercise finding a safe place ...