Mindful Travelling: Journeying the world, discovering yourself

by Sarah Samuel, Tom Kitch (Editor)

Overview

Travelling can be frustrating as well as wonderful, and the perfect opportunity to practice mindfulness in technicolor! Mindful Travelling explores why broadening our horizons is good for the heart and soul!  Sarah Samuel shines light on why travelling offers the glorious opportunity to learn more about who we really are–outside of our daily routine and conditioned self.  By embracing the sense of freedom of leaving everyday life and material possessions; facing fears and opening to trust; to setting intentions and  connecting with our own wildness, she reveals how travelling and mindfulness are natural companions.  Through personal anecdotes and meditative insights, discover how to bring the joys of mindful travelling back home in your suitcase–staying open,  curious, and present wherever you are. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782409298
Publisher:	Leaping Hare Press
Publication date:	09/03/2019
Series:	Mindfulness Series
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	1,036,197
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Sarah Samuel is a mindful traveller who has explored many different spiritual traditions, practices and teachings. She has been on silent meditation retreats in Europe, walked pilgrimage routes in Japan, and experienced Buddhism in Northern India and Tibet. Sarah integrates mindfulness into her daily life through meditation, and the courses and workshops she runs through her business, Potent Creatives, www.potentcreatives.org. 

She lives in Brighton, UK and is the author of Mindful Crafting, 2018. 

Website: http://www.sarahsamuel.co.uk/

Editorial Reviews

07/15/2019

Meditation instructor Samuel (Mindful Crafting) shares how “exploring the world becomes the perfect catalyst for our journey in life, a journey of self-discovery,” in this informative but uneven guide. Focusing on the traveler’s inward journey while outwardly exploring other places, people, and perspectives, Samuel shows how the power of mindfulness can help with common travel problems, such as anxiety over plans falling apart, the “fear of missing out,” or processing one’s wanderlust after returning home. Unfortunately, with so much focus on the inward journey, Samuel’s personal stories and meditative interludes remain superficial and detached from the world she has traveled, with sections on travel falling flat compared to the meditation tutorials. While heightened self-awareness can certainly be a side effect of travel, Samuel elevates finding one’s soul on the other side of the globe as the main purpose for encountering other cultures and communities. In making mindful traveling all about “the self,” her story brushes by many of the places she seeks to be more intentionally aware of, landing awkwardly between travelogue and meditation guide. While meditators will enjoy her suggestions, seasoned travelers will find many of the tips constrictive. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly