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 [...]
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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 [...]
Living skillfully. Living well.
From Right Mindfulness: A guide to living skillfully© by Lynette Monteiro & Frank Musten Mindfulness as a word, a concept, and a practice permeates our awareness these days. We learn of ways to be mindful through meditation and intentional attention so that we can cope with the myriad challenges that arise, often unexpectedly, in our [...]
One Minute Mindfulness – a book of continuous practice
Donald Altman is a psychotherapist, a former Buddhist monk, and author of The Mindfulness Code. Another book he wrote, Meal by Meal: 365 Daily Meditations for Finding Balance through Mindful Eating, could easily be a precursor to his current effort, One Minute Mindfulness. Altman comes with impressive credentials and it does more than lend weight [...]
A Word by any other Name
The word "mindfulness" has become a main-stay in our vocabulary these days. I hear it used every where and it takes on a very individualistic meaning. The speaker could be referring to a course they took, a skill they learned, or it can even be a way of playing that one-up, one-down game of the [...]
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