500 years ago no-one died of stress: we have invented this concept and now we let it rule us. Rest has become a dirty word, and our idea of satisfaction is answering the last email. We're sleepwalking through our own lives. Ruby Wax shows us how to wake up from this stupor with a scientific solution to modern problems: mindfulness. Outrageously witty, smart and accessible, Ruby Wax shows ordinary people how and why to change for good.

Meditation is simply a way of giving our brains a well-deserved break and can actually help our brains to function healthy and happily. This illustrated guide is an inspiring and practical book which shows you how to meditate without the need for uncomfortable lotus positions or prayer beads!

For today's busy reader, this comprehensive, jargon-free guide strips away the mystique of meditation, to make it accessible to everyone.

The Dalai Lama offers practical views on meditiation: how to do it; the different procedures; and what we can gain from it. He explains how we can develop a spiritual path in a sequence, and shows the importance of building up method and wisdom

Unlike other meditation techniques that look to empty the mind, each contemplation in this book intently focus on a specific idea meant to plant the seeds of transformation that will expand your consciousness.

Break free from anxiety-once and for all! From the authors of The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety, this powerful yet portable guide offers fifty-two in-the-moment mindfulness strategies you can use anytime, anywhere to cultivate calm and radically transform your life. We live in an age of anxiety, and studies show that it?s only getting worse. Anxiety forces itself into our awareness and can deplete our energy, resources, and resolve....

The western world's flirtation with mind training began decades ago, but has quickened in the last few years. As mindfulness, TM, and other brands of meditation sweep through businesses, schools and clinics, 'Altered Traits' brings a startling new perspective to an understanding of our relationship to our brain, our personal traits, and even our genome - showing that smart practice can alter these for the better.

The definitive guide to a highly effective form of meditation for healing stress and anxiety, from Bob Roth, international expert and personal meditation coach to Hollywood's finest and leaders in business.

Wherever he goes, Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard is asked to explain what meditation is, how it is done, and what it can achieve. In this authoritative and inspiring book, he sets out to answer these questions.

When you get the right balance in life you can do amazing things - creating, performing or building a great business. But so often the scales tip and we quickly become overwhelmed, stressed and demotivated. Breathing well is one of the best and simplest ways to achieve and maintain balance and resilience. By using simple techniques, focused breathing can bring the mental clarity, momentum and wellbeing needed to help you move on. Bringing together...