Best Mindfulness Exercises Books

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What is mindfulness?

In our busy lives it's very easy to get wrapped up in everything but what works for us. Running from job to job, from chore to chore, dealing with clients, your boss etc... it can leave you stressed.

The only way to avoid getting worked up about that, is to take it slow every once in a while. One way of doing that daily, is by practicing mindfulness.

Mindfulness is a form of meditation in which one is constantly brought back to what's here, right now. Whether it's through simply sitting still, forcing yourself to not put the music on... or by only opening your email at certain times of the day.

The study and practice of mindfulness is one of the areas where spirituality and psychology meet. The result is that you'll find both spiritual teachers, like Zen Buddhist Thich Nhat Hanh, write about the topic, as well as psychologists like Jon Kabat-Zinn.

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kimmanleyort 19 months ago

Thanks for the recommendations. I enjoy books on the subject of mindfulness. A good one I read this year was The Not So Big Life by Sarah Susanka. It's more about mindfulness than you might think.

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