{"product_id":"real-world-mindfulness-for-beginners-navigate-daily-life-one-practice-at-a-time","title":"Real World Mindfulness for Beginners: Navigate Daily Life One Practice at a Time","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMindfulness is the simple and powerful practice of training your attention. It's simple in that it's just about paying attention to what's happening here and now, and powerful because it can keep you from getting lost in thoughts about the future or past, which often generate more stress on top of the real pressures of everyday life. While learning to live in the moment, the joyful mindfulness exercises, meditations, coloring pages, and habit-breakers in this beautifully designed and illustrated book will challenge your powers of observation, investigation, and cultivation while bringing new awareness to your senses, thoughts, and emotions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDescription for Sales People\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t- Authors \u0026amp; Foreword Writers close to confirmed: o Editor: We are in final negotiations with two leaders at Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Bay Area, CA), which is one of the nation's leading meditation centers. o Foreword Writer: This will be someone well known whose life has been transformed by using Mindfulness. o Contributors: \"Names\" and true experts from the mindfulness meditation community, primarily from Spirit Rock (Bay Area, CA), East Bay Meditation Center (Bay Area, CA), Insight Meditation Center (Barre, MA; sister-center to Spirit Rock), Google Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (Silicon Valley, CA)- This is a practical guide, which shows readers how to apply mindfulness meditation to challenges we all will encounter throughout our life. Readers want to learn how to practice mindfulness in a very real, actionable way.- This is a beginner's master class from learning mindfulness meditation with the best of the best instructors out there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tForeword Editor's Introduction Chapter 1: The Mindful Moment - \"What Is Mindfulness?\"-\"Myths About Mindfulness\"- \"Basic Skills for Mindfulness\"- \"How to Use This Book\" oThe book is divided into 10 chapters--one for each area where mindfulness may be helpful. Each chapter is set up exactly the same way--it introduces a common goal or challenge, discusses how mindfulness can be helpful with that goal or challenge, suggests things people can do to cultivate mindfulness, and then ends with practice exercises oAll mindfulness practices in this book can be done anywhere the reader is located, at any time, and do not require more than a few seconds to a full minute.Chapter 2: Regaining Focus and ConcentrationChapter 3: Cultivating Gratitude and JoyChapter 4: Promoting Patience and CompassionChapter 5: Dealing with Anxiety and Stress Chapter 6: Breaking Bad Habits or Negative Behaviors Chapter 7: Working with Attachments \u0026amp; Aversions Chapter 8: Managing Anger \u0026amp; Difficult EmotionsChapter 9: Supporting Others Who Need HelpChapter 10: Accepting Aging \u0026amp; IllnessChapter 11: Coping with Grief \u0026amp; LossReferencesResourcesIndex of Mindfulness PracticesGeneral IndexAbout the Contributors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor so many of us, the key question is, 'How can I bring clarity and openheartedness into the challenging parts of daily living?' In response, this gem of a book offers powerful yet simple teachings and mindfulness practices that will guide you in living a more mindful, happy, and compassion-filled life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Tara Brach, Ph.D., author of \u003cem\u003eRadical Acceptance\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTrue Refuge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReal World Mindfulness\u003c\/em\u003e is a wonderful compendium of applied mindfulness resources. Editor Brenda Salgado has brought together a wonderful range of wise, contemporary voices on timeless topics like how to handle difficult emotions and how to change painful habit patterns. The guidance offered here will benefit anyone seeking practical mindfulness techniques for everyday contemporary living.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Sharon Salzberg, author of \u003cem\u003eLovingkindness\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eReal Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull of practical advice and accessible mindfulness practices, this book presents step-by-step guidance that can help you now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--James Gimian, publisher of \u003cem\u003eMindful\u003c\/em\u003e magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew to mindfulness and looking to live a mindful life? This is the place to begin. Salgado has gathered exceptional teachers, direct wisdom, and helpful advice. I recommend this book to you, right now!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Roshi Enkyo O'Hara, Abbot and founder of Village Zendo, NYC\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In a world of increasing tension and confusion, this book is so timely and needed. Each of the authors brings a valuable and needed component of mindfulness to serve and support a whole and complete life. As the title indicates, the offerings map a path for all our lives in a 'real world, ' whether one is just beginning or has already established a mindfulness practice.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Larry Yang, Founder of Insight Community of the Desert Meditation Center, Core Teacher at East Bay Meditation Center, and Member of Spirit Rock Teachers Council\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA beginner's roadmap to mindfulness made for the fast-paced real world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMajor changes are a part of life, yet dealing with them can be overwhelming. 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