Mindfulness to Go

Harp, David

• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• eBook ISBN:
  9781608824687
• Year: 1010

Stay Calm and Focused, No Matter What
Most people don't start mindfulness meditation to become saints or gurus. They're just tired of feeling stressed and are looking for effective ways to get a grip on their emotions and, quite simply, to calm down. If you're among them, feel free to leave your incense and meditation pillow at home— Mindfulness to Go is your pocket guide to reaping the benefits of meditation just about anywhere you might find yourself throughout your busy day. This on-the-go guide to mindfulness helps you get better at turning your focus away from the frustrations of daily life and toward the thoughts and feelings that can do you the most good. Starting with the most basic exercises, you'll work your way up to creating a personal mindfulness strategy that will help you remain cool, calm, and collected in every situation, no matter what life throws your way.

Table of contents

• acknowledgments
• introduction
• mindfulness— what, why, and how
• motion, emotion, and the fight-or-flight response
• meditation in motion: the most basic mental muscle exercises
• more mental muscle exercises: variations on the basics
• customizing your mindfulness method
• types of thoughts: real-life, self-talk, and dead-end
• four ways to use the meditation exercises
• nose, eyes, ears, hands…and other people
• the bee’s guide to visualization
• a few moments of mindfulness, then a choice
• judging
• how to see it coming before it hits the fan
• compassion, pain, and grief
• being present
• on nonduality and spirituality
• building a mindfulness strategy
• interpersonal mindfulness at home and work
• mindfulness on the road, and on the fly
• wait a minute: mindfulness without motion
• soothing the self
• bibliography