Mindfulness: Relax, De-Stress, and Focus Your Mind for a Healthier, Happier You
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Mindfulness: Relax, De-Stress, and Focus Your Mind for a Healthier, Happier You
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Overview
Are you struggling to be present in the moment with wandering thoughts? This book will help you discover powerful tools to gain deeper understanding, calmness, and clarity through meditation practices in your daily life.
This self-help book will teach you simple mindfulness meditations and exercises that will help you be more consciously aware. It includes:
• An overview of mindfulness, how it works, and how to practice it daily
• Guidance on alleviating anxiety, depression, anger, and addiction
• Tips on getting over your emotional hurdles by improving mental clarity and discipline
• Advice on improving communication in your relationships with mindfulness
• Advanced meditation methods to maximize the benefits of mindfulness
Did you know you have the ability to slow down racing thoughts, let go of negativity and calm your body and mind using mindfulness? Mindfulness expert, Domyo Sater Burk will show you how to be consciously present and aware, in a specific moment and your life in general. Explore proven meditation techniques that will allow you to reclaim your life, relieve stress, and improve your wellbeing.
With regular practice, use the mindfulness meditations in this guidebook to learn to be more conscious of and attentive to your body, feelings, and patterns of thought. Doing so will lead to greater knowledge and understanding of yourself. Better yet, the positive effects of regular mindfulness are easy to achieve!
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780594198017 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | DK |
| Publication date: | 03/16/2021 |
| Series: | Conscious Care Guides |
| Pages: | 336 |
| Sales rank: | 1,037,260 |
| Product dimensions: | 8.20(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Domyo Sater Burk has been practicing mindfulness with a Zen Buddhist approach since 1996. A teacher and a director of Bright Way Zen in Portland, Oregon, she is an ordained Zen monk who received transmission from Gyokuko Carlson Roshi. Domyo is a member of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association and its administrative director. She is also the author of Idiot's Guides: Zen Living.
Table of Contents
Part 1 What You Need to Know about Mindfulness 1
Chapter 1 Introducing Mindfulness 3
The Big Deal 3
What Is Mindfulness? 4
Buddhist Roots 5
Modern Expansion of Meaning 6
The Benefits of Mindfulness 8
Natural, Yet Challenging 10
Chapter 2 How Mindfulness Works 13
Why Aren't You Naturally Mindful? 13
The Mindful Mind 16
Healthier Responses to Stressors 16
Greater Objectivity about Self 18
Choice Instead of Default 19
Mindfulness and Insight 22
Chapter 3 Practicing Mindfulness 25
The Three Components of Mindfulness 25
Twelve Principles of Mindfulness 27
The Four Principles of Aspiration 28
The Four Principles of Awareness 31
The Four Principles of Attitude 35
Part 2 Cultivating Mindful Awareness 39
Chapter 4 Awareness of Your Body 41
Why Mindfulness Begins with the Body 41
Tuning in to the Body 43
The Body in Motion 46
Awareness of the Body as a Body 49
Chapter 5 Awareness of Your Feelings 53
Feelings Versus Emotions 53
The Nature of Feelings 55
Working with Feelings 57
Looking More Closely at How You Feel 58
The Significance of Neutral Feelings 61
Influencing Your Emotional Responses Long Term 62
Chapter 6 Awareness of Your States of Mind 65
Becoming Mindful of Mind 66
Various Mind States to Look For 66
Noticing What Affects Mind States 73
Chapter 7 Awareness of Psychophysical Factors 77
Investigating Psychophysical Factors 77
The Five Hindrances 80
The Seven Factors of Awakening 87
Chapter 8 Deepening Mindfulness with Meditation 91
A Description of Meditation 92
Why Should I Meditate? 93
Reasons to Meditate 94
Basic Instructions for Meditation 98
Three Types of Meditation 100
Dealing with Challenges in Meditation 103
Part 3 Developing a Receptive Attitude 109
Chapter 9 Nonjudgment and Acceptance 111
Receptivity and Why It Matters 111
The Problem with Judging Yourself 115
Navigating Your Life Objectively 116
Less Upset about Results 117
Lack of Acceptance as an Obstacle 118
Chapter 10 Curiosity, Energy, and Courage 121
Mastering the Art of Living a Human Life 121
The Obstacle of Complacency 122
Interest Leads to Curiosity and Energy 124
The Spirit of Investigation 126
Cultivating Courage 127
Chapter 11 Comfort with Stillness and Silence 129
Letting Go of Activity 129
Stillness Results in Silence 131
Ways to Practice Being Still 134
Deepening Your Stillness 136
Chapter 12 Accessing More Joy 139
The Nature of Joy 139
Mindfulness Leads to Joy 140
Living with No Expectations 141
Complete Satisfaction 144
How Joy Supports Mindfulness 146
Part 4 Working Toward Greater Happiness 149
Chapter 13 Compassionate Change 151
The Model of Self-Parenting 151
The Art of Parenting 153
Working with Resistance to Change 155
Giving Up Violence 158
Chapter 14 Making Friends with Afflictive Emotions 161
Afflictive Emotions 161
Mindfulness and Afflictive Emotions 163
Anger 166
Fear 167
Obsessive Desire 169
Self-Doubt 171
Jealousy 172
Making Friends 173
Chapter 15 Getting Things Done with Less Stress 175
The Basic Approach 175
Things You Must Do 178
It Has to Get Done Now 180
It Needs to Be Done This Way 182
You Are the One Who Has to Do It 183
Activity as Generosity 184
Chapter 16 Changing Your Mind, Not Your Life 187
The Trouble with Goals 188
Change or Acceptance? 190
Not Resisting Difficulty 192
Radical Acceptance 193
A Real, Complete, Elegant Life 195
Positive Thinking 197
Chapter 17 Becoming Who You Really Are 201
Why Study Your "Self"? 201
Studying the Nature of Self 203
Freedom from Stories 207
Chapter 18 Mindful in Relationships 211
Taking Responsibility 211
Personal Relationships 213
Work 217
The World 220
Part 5 A Mindful Life 223
Chapter 19 Mindful Things to Do Every Day 225
Remembering More Often 225
A Day's Worth of Mindful Practices 227
Chapter 20 Developing Your Mindfulness Practice 237
Challenges to Mindfulness 237
Staying on Track Long Term 240
Strengthening Your Practice 242
Chapter 21 Mindful Ethics 245
How Does It Result in Greater Happiness? 246
It's All about Relationship 246
How Ethics Support Mindfulness 247
Relating to Rules and Guidelines 248
Some Ethical Guidelines to Consider 249
Ethics as a Subject for Mindfulness 257
Chapter 22 Meaning and Purpose 259
The Importance of Meaning 259
Limits of Conventional Meaning 261
Meaning through Mindfulness 262
Accessing a Deeper Sense of Meaning 264
When Life Is Difficult 265
Embracing Relative Purpose 268
Appendix A Glossary 271
Appendix B Resources 273
Appendix C Twelve Principles of Mindfulness 279
Appendix D Exercises and Inquiries to Support Mindful Living 281
Index 299