This resource provides everything required to access the benefits offered by meditation. It includes step-by-step exercises, guided visualisations, chants and mantras.

Can't sleep because your thoughts won't switch off? Does a constant stream of unnecessary chatter run thought your head? Meditation is a simple practice that can help you address these common experiences. Through scientifically based research this text shows how meditation can fit into your busy schedule to improve your sense of wellbeing, help you reach your potential in sport, work and creative pursuits, and increase the quality of your life.

There are now thousands of students completing mindfulness-based stress reduction, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and other mindfulness programmes around the world. However, on completion many will struggle to continue or will stop, with the intention of starting again in the future. 'Why Can't I Meditate?' addresses this problem. It combines accounts by new meditators of their struggles, and successes, with insights from a wide variety of the...

Treasury of Mindfulness begins by outlining the key principles of mindfulness and how to develop the practice in everyday life. Then there is the Treasury itself. Each entry in the Treasury features one of four different kinds of mindfulness tools: A Mindful Meditation - the formal practice by which we can develop our ability to live mindfully. Everyday Mindfulness - simple ways in which to incorporate mindfulness into the things we do every day....

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.

In this thought-provoking book, Michie explains the nuts and bolts of meditation. Combining leading edge science with timeless wisdom, the text provides all the motivation and tools you need to achieve greater balance, better health, and a more panoramic perspective on life.

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....

Major changes are a part of life, yet dealing with them can be overwhelming. Mindfulness is a simple way to navigate the difficulties you face with more clarity and courage. Real World Mindfulness for Beginners was written particularly for those who are new to mindfulness and are having trouble with the ups and downs of daily life. In Real-World Mindfulness for Beginners, you'll find: - Simple mindfulness techniques that take only minutes or seconds...

Mindfulness is both the latest craze and an ancient practice. There have been many scientific studies that attest to the benefits of mindfulness: increasing self awareness; making better choices; reducing stress and not least increasing happiness. This insightful book is about bringing the powers of mindfulness into your everyday routine in a realistic and practical way. Kim Davies writes in an inspiring and readable style but her knowledge comes...

A collection of 20 narrative-based meditations designed for use by parents of children aged 4-8, aimed at helping children to focus their minds, release their worries, believe in themselves and trust in the world around them, and dealing with topics including bereavement, nightmares, and anxieties at school.