The Mindful Day


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Looking to discover everyday mindfulness? Cameron draws on contemplative traditions, modern neuroscience, and leading psychology to show you how to bring peace and focus to the home, in the workplace, and beyond. From waking up to joy, the morning commute, to back-to-back meetings and evening dinners she shows how mindfulness practice can help you navigate life's complexity for better living. -- adapted from back cover




Daily Mindfulness


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A year of calming mindfulness exercises one day at a time The art of mindfulness can take a lifetime to master, but just five minutes of mindful practices a day, such as meditation, can have incredible effects. Daily Mindfulness is a 365-day guide to support you in your commitment to living a more mindful life with a routine that invites feelings of clarity, peace, and joy. With a wide range of daily practices, activities, reflections, and exercises, you'll improve your mind/body coordination and harmonize your emotions and intellect. Experience the transformational healing effects of mindfulness in your life— an increase of patience, passion, enthusiasm, creativity, and critical thinking, and a decrease of stress and anxiety. This guide to mindfulness will keep you engaged through: Reflect and transform—Discover thoughts, quotes, and affirmations to take with you throughout your day to help guide the mind into a new and inspired perspective. Optimistic outlook—Experience a variety of meditations and exercises that help focus and calm the mind and embrace all the possibilities of life. Mindfulness day by day—Reading like a calendar, the book covers every day of each month, for an entire year, so you can pick it up whenever you seek guidance and comfort. Daily Mindfulness is filled with 365 ways to deepen your daily practice and find peace.




The Little Book of Mindfulness


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More and more of us are suffering from the stresses and strains of modern life. Mindfulness is an increasingly popular discipline that can not only help alleviate the symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression brought on by the pressures of our daily existence but can actually bring calm, joy and happiness into our lives. In The Little Book of Mindfulness Tiddy Rowan, herself a practitioner for over 30 years, has gathered together a seminal collection of over 150 techniques, tips, exercises, advice and guided meditations that will enable people at every level to follow the breath, still the mind and relax the body, whilst generating and boosting a feeling of well-being and contentment that will permeate every aspect of everyday life. The perfect little gift to bring lasting happiness and peace for friends and family.




The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness


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Quiet the mind, feel less stressed, less tired, and achieve a new level of calm and fulfillment in just ten minutes a day Andy Puddicombe, a former Buddhist monk, the Voice of Headspace, and the UK’s foremost mindfulness expert, is on a mission: to get people to take 10 minutes out of their day to sit in the here and now. Like his readers and students, Andy began his own meditation practice as a normal, busy person with everyday concerns, and he has since designed a program of mindfulness and guided meditation that fits neatly into a jam-packed daily routine—proving that just 10 minutes a day can make a world of difference. Accessible and portable, The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness offers simple but powerful meditation techniques that positively impact every area of physical and mental health: from productivity and focus, to stress and anxiety relief, sleep, weight-loss, personal relationships...the benefits are limitless. The result? More headspace, less stress. Andy brings this ancient practice into the modern world, tailor made for the most time starved among us. Switch off after work * Fall asleep at night * Feel less anxious, sad, or angry * Control your cravings * Find a healthy weight




Present Moment Wonderful Moment (Revised Edition)


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Beloved Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh offers 79 meditations to help you through your daily routines in a peaceful and mindful way and connect to the joy of the present moment Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. This beautifully illustrated book shares a simple verse with an enlightening commentary that will give you the space and heart to live each day in a connected and calm way. Developed during a summer retreat in Plum Village, Thich Nhat Hanh's meditation center in France, these poetic verses were collected to help people practice mindfulness. The result is a handbook of practical, down-to-earth verses. These gathas, or mindfulness verses, are poetic verse designed to turn ordinary daily activities such as washing the dishes, driving the car, or standing in line, into opportunities to return to a natural state of mindfulness and happiness. Reciting these poetic yet practical verses can help us to slow down and enjoy each moment of our lives.




Mindfulness for Every Day


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Peace. Serenity. Joy. Just a few moments of mindful thought can bring you contentment that will last all day. Let these calming mantras, simple tips and beautiful images soothe your mind, help you let go of stress and anxiety, and feel true appreciation for the here and now.




Daily Mindfulness


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Life can be exquisite, but too often its savor is lost in the rut of routine living. The path to leaving the mundane and finding joy and purpose is mindfulness. Pause, breathe, reconnect with the present, and discover all over again the thrill of being alive. With 365 daily quotes, stunning full-color photography, and a handy ribbon to mark your place, Daily Mindfulness invites you to calm your mind, live now, and experience a richer, fuller life.




Mindfulness


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The life-changing international bestseller reveals a set of simple yet powerful mindfulness practices that you can incorporate into daily life to help break the cycle of anxiety, stress, unhappiness, and exhaustion. Mindfulness promotes the kind of happiness and peace that gets into your bones. It seeps into everything you do and helps you meet the worst that life throws at you with new courage. Based on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), the book revolves around a straightforward form of mindfulness meditation which takes just a few minutes a day for the full benefits to be revealed. MBCT has been clinically proven to be at least as effective as drugs for depression and is widely recommended by US physicians and the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence—in other words, it works. More importantly it also works for people who are not depressed but who are struggling to keep up with the constant demands of the modern world. MBCT was developed by the book's author, Oxford professor Mark Williams, and his colleagues at the Universities of Cambridge and Toronto. By investing just 10 to 20 minutes each day, you can learn the simple mindfulness meditations at the heart of MBCT and fully reap their benefits. The book includes links to audio meditations to help guide you through the process. You'll be surprised by how quickly these techniques will have you enjoying life again.




Making Memories


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Find calm every day through journaling and scrapbooking! Practice mindfulness and live in the moment. This children’s journaling book is a fantastic way to teach kids about taking each moment for what it is and managing anxiety, stress and fear. It’s a beautiful how-to guide that will help your kids live more intentionally. Perfect for children ages 8 and older, this helpful activity book is packed with things to do, journaling prompts and ideas, and relaxation tips and advice. Inside, you’ll find: • Calming activity ideas for inside and outside, at home, and on the go. • First lessons in big ideas and philosophy for children alongside practical applications. • A ‘How-to’ guide to journaling and scrapbooking so children can document their experiences. • A theme throughout that teaches children to cherish the moment and make and retain memories as a result. • Creative, practical activities to get children away from screens and encourage a positive frame of mind. Did you know that mindfulness reduces activity in the brain’s fight or flight zone, allowing for improved focus, memory, and social and emotional skills? That’s why journaling and taking moments away from screens is excellent for children! Making Memories Journal offers a creative solution to managing emotions and living for the now. It’s a fun memories book for kids to engage with the world around them through lessons in big ideas and journaling tips. Kids are taken through activities, from cleaning their space to learning how to make origami and writing down thoughts and feelings. They learn crafts to calm a busy mind, discover Buddhist meditation and explore the outdoors mindfully. It also features a strong environmental awareness, with activities encouraging sustainability and recycling!




Moments of Mindfulness


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This appealing gift box collects the central teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, the revered Buddhist monk and human rights activist, on the topics of love, peace, insight, understanding, and compassion. The set contains 40 cards that provide moments of inspiration, work as starting points for meditation, and reveal spiritual answers for daily problems. A thoughtful gift, the box can be used as an altar or kept near the bed for a daily morning inspiration. The cards offer gentle reminders such as: "Life is only possible in the present moment," "To meditate well, we have to smile a lot," "If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper," and "Walk slowly. Don't rush. Each step brings you to the best moment of your life, the present moment."