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Think you have no time for mindfulness? Kabat-Zinn answers your questions about the mind/body revolution in medicine and health care. He explains how to incorporate them into our hectic, modern lives. By making mindfulness meditation practices part of your everyday life, you can enjoy its tangible benefits on your way to a healthier, saner, and more meaningful life.

"In this national bestseller, the acclaimed filmmaker David Lynch provides a rare window into his methods as an artist, his way of capturing and working with ideas, and the immense creative benefits he has experienced from the practice of meditation. Catching the Big Fish comes as a revelation to those who have longed to better understand Lynch's personal vision. And it is equally compelling to any who wonder how they can nurture their own creativity."--Publisher's...

Happiness is already here in this moment, just waiting to be discovered! Mindfulness expert Tzivia Gover offers an inspiring treasury of small, creative ways to shift your perspective and uncover surprising bits of joy over the course of your day. Whether you're making dinner, commuting, exercising, working at the computer, or brushing your teeth, every moment of your life offers an opportunity to uncover happiness. Short essays are accompanied by...

This simple book is meant to help make your life more peaceful and more rewarding. Being present gives us permission not to fret about getting meditation right-it's right if we show up and pay attention to our everyday lives. David Kundtz reminds us that the reason to meditate is not simply to experience the peaceful moments of meditation, but to build and maintain the focus, awareness, and equanimity we need to live fully in life's peaks and valleys...

Meditation of full awareness, or mindfulness, is the door to genuine well-being. When embarking on the path of meditation, precise instructions are needed to guide us in the right direction. This book is a contemporary and practical approach to mindfulness, explained through five fundamental principles, from the most basic aspects to the highest levels. With continued practice we can liberate ourselves from conflicting emotions, deactivate the patterns...

"WHY WE MEDITATE by Daniel Goleman, the New York Times-bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence and many other books, and Tsoknyi Rinpoche, an internationally recognized and beloved spiritual guide in the Tibetan Buddhist community, presents scientifically backed and time-proven Eastern meditation practices that offer an antidote to the forces of frenzy and stress that awash us"--

"Standing on top of a mountain or sitting in a chair, when you wake up in the morning or before you fall asleep at night, any place or time provides the perfect opportunity to practice The One Minute Miracle and experience the ability to transform your life" --P. [4] of cover.

Mindfulness is an ancient, life-enhancing, healing technique that can help us remember our natural state of happiness and health, even if we think we are too modern and too busy to prioritize what's really important-- being fully alive and fully alive to our full life potential.McKenzie reveals how the ability to focus our attention on what is, rather than be distracted by what isn't, can be a powerful antidote to the distractions and stresses of...

"The essential meditation guide for the twenty-first century: renowned mindfulness teacher Henry Shukman replaces the concept of original sin with original love, teaching us to tap into the love that shapes our world and can transform who we are"--