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- Did you know that a scientifically-proven eight-week course can help you bust common myths about meditation and fundamentally change how you experience stress?
- Have you ever wondered why your mind often feels like a battlefield, and what the clinical secret is to finding a lasting oasis of calm in our frantic modern world?
- What if you could harness the combined insights of a biochemist and a psychologist to finally unlock greater peace of mind without the need for spiritual jargon?
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Key Takeaways from Mindfulness
- Discover how to overcome autopilot thinking to regain control of your thoughts, reduce stress, and stop procrastinating.
- Understand why reacting to your daily moods causes more damage than the emotions themselves, and how mindfulness physically rewires your brain to prevent this.
- Learn to anchor your awareness in the present moment and stop racing thoughts using simple, sensory-focused exercises like the raisin meditation.
- Master the 'body scan' technique to identify where your body holds hidden stress and successfully shift your mind from a stressful 'doing' mode into a peaceful 'being' mode.
- Find out how approaching tasks with a positive, mindful attitude can boost your creativity, and learn to connect your perspective and body through mindful movement.
Learning Tools
Reinforce what you learned from Mindfulness
Mind Map
Mindfulness
Core Concepts
Misconceptions
True Definition
Scientific Benefits
Physical Health
Mental & Cognitive
Modes of Mind
Doing Mode
Being Mode
The 8-Week Program
Week 1: Autopilot
Week 2: Body Scan
Week 3: Compassion
Week 4: Detachment
Week 5: Difficulties
Week 6: Kindness
Week 7: Nourishment
Week 8: Customization
Actionable Advice
Break Old Habits
Quiz — Test Your Understanding
Question 1 of 10
According to the book, what is the essence of mindfulness?
Mindfulness — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: Mindfulness isn’t what many people believe it is.
Chapter 3: Psychological research strongly supports the claim that mindfulness is remarkably effective.
Chapter 4: To understand mindfulness, you must clearly grasp the difference between doing and being.
Chapter 5: You can cultivate mindfulness by completing a carefully structured eight-week program.
Chapter 6: Weeks three and four emphasize building deeper compassion and heightened sensory awareness.
Chapter 7: Weeks five and six are about examining difficulties and kindness.
Chapter 8: The seventh and eighth weeks concentrate on physical and mental nourishment.
Mindfulness Summary & Overview
Mindfulness (2011) guides readers through eight weeks of meditation specially designed to bring greater peace of mind. The result of a collaboration between a biochemist and a clinical psychologist, this is a scientifically-grounded course that paves the way to greater mental well-being while busting plenty of myths along the way.
Who Should Listen to Mindfulness?
- Anyone looking for an oasis of calm in today’s hectic world
- Rational thinkers who have been put off by the spiritual associations of mindfulness
- Readers interested in the life of the mind
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