This book offers powerful skills to increase academic success and boost mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional health--now and for a lifetime.
Stress and pain are nearly unavoidable in our daily lives; they are part of the human condition. This stress can often leave us feeling irritable, tense, overwhelmed, and burned-out. The key to maintaining balance is responding to stress not with frustration and self-criticism, but with mindful, nonjudgmental awareness of our bodies and minds.
This book is an approachable introduction to the topics of mindfulness and meditation as they relate to teens and young adults. It explores definitions of mindfulness and meditation, offers solutions for successfully incorporating them into our often-chaotic lives, and explains their many practical applications and benefits for practitioners.
The very things we do to control anxiety can make anxiety worse. This unique guide offers a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based approach to help you recognize the constant chatter of your anxious "monkey mind," stop feeding anxious thoughts, and find the personal peace you crave.
A practical guide to experiencing natural awareness--an effortless and spacious state of resting in the depth or our being. The Little Book of Being invites you to explore: The spectrum of awareness practices, from focused mindfulness to flexible mindfulness to natural awareness.
Intention is fundamental to any project, endeavor, or journey. Related to intention is the concept of mindfulness -- the awareness that arises through intentionally attending to oneself and others in an open, caring, and nonjudgmental way.
Use mindfulness to unleash your potential - without adopting spiritual beliefs. You'll discover how to: Enhance mental focus, resilience, and decision-making; Increase the impact of your communication and leadership; Transcend limiting beliefs, fear, and other barriers.
Real Happiness is a complete guide to starting and maintaining a meditation practice. Beginning with the simplest breathing and sitting techniques, and based on three key skills--concentration, mindfulness, and lovingkindness--it's a practice anyone can do to transform their life.
This book is an interdisciplinary collection of studies on mindfulness explored and discussed by the authors from different disciplines including psychology, medicine, education, and others.
In troubled times, there is an urgency to understand ourselves and our world. We have so many questions, and they tug at us night and day, consciously and unconsciously. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh reveals an art of living in mindfulness that helps us answer life's deepest questions and experience the happiness and freedom we desire.
This insightful and informative documentary explores the popular world of mindfulness from the perspective of four people who study and teach it.
Having trouble turning your brain off at 2 am and not thinking catastrophic thoughts? In this taped webinar from the MAPP (Masters in Applied Positive Psychology) Alumni Association, former COO, founder of The Right Reflection®, and positive psychology practitioner Pamela Hernandez provides practical strategies to quiet your mind, your body, and your emotions in these chaotic times.
