Book Review: How to train a wild elephant and other adventures in mindfulness by Jan Chozen Bays by Guest Reviewer Aarathi Selvan My day began with racing thoughts. I had so much to do and the to-do lists kept showing up at the speed of light. Almost. Every time I became aware of them, I would try [...]
Category: Books & Reviews
Opening to Life – Book Review of Leaves Falling Gently by Susan Bauer-Wu
Leaves Falling Gently -Living fully with serious & life-limiting illness through mindfulness, compassion, & connectedness by Susan Bauer-Wu is a kind and inviting little book that makes facing our chronic or acute life-threatening illness easier to face. Bauer-Wu, an associate professor of nursing at Emory University, researches the effects of chronic stress from debilitating illness [...]
Book Review: Everything you wanted to know about meditations
Meditation: The complete guide by Patricia Monaghan and Eleanor G. Viereck (New World Library) is not just about meditation. Monaghan & Viereck dedicate 43 chapters not only to a variety of meditation approaches but also organize them into their parent traditions. It is a veritable who's who and how to of contemplative practices. In a [...]
New Book by Bob Stahl & Steve Flowers
We are excited to announce the publication of a new book by Bob Stahl & Steve Flowers! Another opportunity to practice mindfulness and self-compassion to liberate ourselves from old patterns of self-criticism and self-hatred. Openning our hearts to kindness and self-care, we learn to treat ourselves as the precious being that we already are. Click [...]
Self-Compassion: three doors to changing your relationship with yourself
Kristin Neff’s work on self-compassion has been a major touchstone for many of us in the mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) field. For years, her website has been a rich resource for information on self-compassion, updates on her research, and the on-going development of her self-compassion scale. Now, in her new book, Neff presents the details of [...]
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