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Practical mindfulness : a physician's no-nonsense guide to meditation for beginners
Title:
Practical mindfulness : a physician's no-nonsense guide to meditation for beginners
Author:
Sazima, Greg, author.
ISBN:
9781642504378
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
311 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Contents:
Introduction: just take a breath already, will ya? -- We can always change our minds -- First, we'll need a map -- You'd better sit down for this: a few preparatory words on, uh, sitting -- Sitting: the setup -- All right, let's start already -- Lost and found -- Another map: your mind, the operating system(s) -- Back to the cushion: body and heart -- Emotions practices: just dropping in -- "I think" becomes, "There's that thought" -- It's a bee-you-tee-ful day for meditation! -- The mind hacker's toolkit, for those special moments -- It's all home: deeper awareness -- Into the deep end: vibe practices -- Home again, home again: some final words on mindfulness -- Epilogue: practically finished -- Appendix: see om, do om, teach om: spreading the goodness.
Abstract:
A no-nonsense, no incense guide to mindfulness and meditation. It explains and trains an essential human capacity: clear awareness in and of our experience of everyday life. Practically Mindful specifically targets smart, curious readers interested in the nuts and bolts of mindfulness, but skeptical of the crystals and granola. -- Publisher's description.