Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world
About this book
THE LIFE-CHANGING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER.MINDFULNESS reveals a set of simple yet powerful practices that you canincorporate into daily life to help break the cycle of anxiety, stress,unhappiness, and exhaustion. It promotes the kind of happiness andpeace that gets into your bones. It seeps into everything you do andhelps you meet the worst that life throws at you with new courage.Thebook is based on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). MBCTrevolves around a straightforward form of mindfulness meditation whichtakes just a few minutes a day for the full benefits to be revealed.MBCT has been clinically proven to be at least as effective as drugs fordepression and is widely recommended by US physicians and the UK'sNational Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - in other words,it works. More importantly it also works for people who are notdepressed but who are struggling to keep up with the constant demands ofthe modern world.MBCT was developed by the book's author,Oxford professor Mark Williams, and his colleagues at the Universitiesof Cambridge and Toronto. By investing just 10 to 20 minutes each day,you can learn the simple mindfulness meditations at the heart of MBCTand fully reap their benefits. The book includes links to audiomeditations to help guide you through the process. You'll be surprised byhow quickly these techniques will have you enjoying life again.This enhanced ebook includes audio meditations read by Professor Mark Williams, which may only be played on compatible devices.