Table of Contents

• 0: Foreword
• 1: DISCOVERING MINDFULNESS
• • 1: A beginner's guide to the here and now
  • 2: New moment, new you
  • 3: Mind full of thoughts
  • 4: Silent witness
  • 5: The power of autopilot
  • 6: A thousand leaves
  • 7: Living the dream
  • 8: Growing yourself
  • 9: Mindfulness and tradition
  • 10: Mindfulness for health and wellbeing
  • 11: Going mainstream
  • 12: The mindful zeitgeist
• 2: TOWARDS A MINDFUL YOU
• • 1: What do you think you're like?
  • 2: Disposed towards the moment
  • 3: Wheel and compass
  • 4: Alive in the present
  • 5: Time warps
  • 6: Questionnaire: Time traveller
  • 7: Lifting the lid
  • 8: Can't help it!
  • 9: Loosening habit's grip
  • 10: Questionnaire: Authenticity
  • 11: Wandering mind
  • 12: Mindful learning
  • 13: Questionnaire: Concentration
  • 14: Alive to others
  • 15: Questionnaire: Connection
  • 16: Who am I?
  • 17: Seeing your true self
  • 18: Questionnaire: What am I like?
  • 19: Inner circle
  • 20: Within your grasp
  • 21: The bigger picture
• 3: MINDFULNESS MEDITATION
• • 1: Getting started
  • 2: Mixing and matching
  • 3: Mindfulness meditations
  • 4: Gently does it
  • 5: Body ready
  • 6: Breathe easy
  • 7: Inner clouds
  • 8: Inner winds
  • 9: What's not to like?
  • 10: I live here
  • 11: What's happening in your brain?
  • 12: Hello leaf, hello coin
  • 13: Body scan basics
  • 14: Sensational!
  • 15: Your inner rollercoaster
  • 16: Take it in your stride
  • 17: Waves of compassion
  • 18: Mindful imagination
  • 19: The habit of now
  • 20: Suddenly you're doing yoga!
• 4: MINDFULNESS LIFE SKILLS
• • 1: Tangled tales
  • 2: Calm within
  • 3: Avoiding avoidance
  • 4: Unquiet mind
  • 5: Steady within
  • 6: Weather warning
  • 7: Shift work
  • 8: Away with autopilot!
  • 9: I can, I deserve
  • 10: Within seven breaths
  • 11: Clear thinking
  • 12: Empathy
  • 13: The mindful connection
  • 14: The mindful couple
• 5: MINDFULNESS WHEN YOU NEED IT
• • 1: Grow and learn
  • 2: Show what you know
  • 3: Get that job
  • 4: Paid for a purpose
  • 5: Ahem!
  • 6: Mindfulness in motion
  • 7: Playing to win
  • 8: Clinch that deal!
  • 9: Be honest
  • 10: Their turn
  • 11: In crisis
  • 12: The mindful carer
  • 13: Mindful tomorrows
• 6: Index
• 7: Acknowledgements

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An accessible, step-by-step guide to mindfulness that will help you attain happiness and success

About the Author

Consultant Ken A. Verni, Psy.D. trained under the renowned Jon Kabat-Zinn and has been practising mindfulness for more than 20 years. He is the founding director of the New Jersey Center for Mindful Awareness in the US and now teaches Mindful Awareness and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.

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Cheerfully illustrated and easy to follow, the book offers an accessible guide to mindfulness that will help you attain happiness and success. Answer the thought provoking Q & A's and follow the simple step-by-step exercises to achieve a relaxed, non-judgemental awareness of your thoughts, improve your concentration, achieve success and manage your stress
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