Mindfulness Books
Quercus Publishing Paper, Pencil & You: Focus: Relaxing Brain
Book SynopsisUse the puzzles in this book to sharpen your mind and improve your ability to focus. The perfect antidote to staring at a screen for hours on end, Paper, Pencil and You: Focus presents over 300 puzzles designed to improve focus in a distracted world. With each one you will learn to eliminate mental distractions, improve concentration and develop your powers of deduction. Test your skills with a range of visual conundrums and lateral-thinking problems that include matching pairs, odd one out and pathfinding.Keen puzzlers will find themselves absorbed in developing their memory and visual processing skills, called on to think laterally and logically to find solutions, and will emerge from each exercise feeling relaxed and refreshed. Switch off from screens, pick up a pencil and focus.
£9.99
Quercus Publishing The Joy of Baking: The everyday zen of watching
Book Synopsis'The Joy of Baking is a wonderful book: warm, engaging, non judgemental and completely accessible' - Ruby Tandoh---Discover the therapeutic power of baking in this warm and uplifting book, and embrace a world of floury calm with 20 mouth-watering recipes.This book encourages you to become absorbed in the everyday magic of transforming a few simple ingredients into something utterly delicious. From the focus of baking sourdough to the quick-win of a cheesy biscuit, gut-friendly muffins to crowd-pleasing carrot cake, there is a recipe for every mood and every occasion.Steph Blackwell took her own baking journey to the final of The Great British Bake Off, and having experienced the wellbeing benefits of baking first-hand, she is on a mission to share her passion with others and sprinkle a little baking joy in the world.Trade ReviewThe Joy of Baking is a wonderful book: warm, engaging, non judgemental and completely accessible, no matter who you are. Steph's compassion shines through in every recipe - as well as reminding us of the pleasures of baking, she's a sensitive, thoughtful guide in matters of self-care, confidence and mental wellbeing.(Ruby Tandoh, author) -- Ruby Tandoh, author * Ruby Tandoh *
£13.49
Quercus Publishing Chronic Pain Reset: 30 Days of Activities,
Book Synopsis'These effective, life-changing strategies have the potential to change your chronic pain experiencesinto something more hopeful...The essential information in this book can help you retrain your brain and reset the pain-brain connection' MARIAN T. HANNAN, DSc, MPH, professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, and professorof epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public HealthAn indispensable guide to the key role your brain plays in processing chronic pain, and the small, simple actions that can make profound changes in how you experience it.Using the principles of cognitive behavioural therapy, you'll try one new evidence-based strategy each day for 30 days, from paced breathing and healthy sleep hacks to mindful walking and acts of kindness. The ones that work best will go into your Thriving Plan, a personalized pain-management tool kit that you design to help you lead a life with less pain, greater purpose, and more joy.Chronic Pain Reset will help you evaluate your pain and its triggers, offering straightforward and often fun strategies to improve it.
£15.29
Paragon House Publishers Living from the Center Within: Co-Creating Who
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£12.74
Workman Publishing Whole Beauty: Meditation & Mindfulness: Rituals
Book SynopsisSlow down and create mindful moments using this self-care handbook that includes everything from guided meditations to Ayurvedic practices like tongue scraping and self-massage.
£9.99
Seal Press Zen Teen: 101 Mindful Ways to Stay Calm When Life
Book SynopsisIn the last decade, studies have reported a drastic rise in teens who experience anxiety, panic, and an inability to cope with the pressures of daily life. As mental health challenges become less stigmatized, young people are more likely than ever before to know how to identify their feelings and ask for help. Even celebrity teen icons like Selena Gomez are "coming out" as anxiety sufferers.Zen Teen addresses this epidemic with powerful coping mechanisms and creative tools-including two fun quizzes, tons of engaging exercises and a cool playlist-designed for the teenage mind. With topics like "The Unique Genius of You" and "Rock-Star Rituals," Tanya Carroll Richardson prompts teens to get calm by engaging in mindful tasks, like identifying gurus, tapping into warrior energy, mastering meditation, practicing realistic optimism, becoming a self-awareness samurai, learning to surrender, discovering personal dharma, finding a spirit animal, expressing challenging emotions, living loving-kindness, protecting the planet, and making vision boards that embrace "the Tao of Cool."Smart and fresh, Zen Teen helps teens thrive while navigating and managing the pressures of everyday life.
£11.99
Nilgiri Press The Mantram Handbook: A Practical Guide to
Book SynopsisThe mantram, or mantra, is a short, powerful, spiritual formula from the world's great traditions, repeated silently in the mind, anytime, anywhere. Examples of mantrams are Rama, Rama, used by Gandhi, or My God and My All, repeated by St. Francis of Assisi, or Om Mani Padme Hum. Easwaran taught the use of the mantram for over forty years as part of his passage meditation program. He explains how the mantram works, and gives practical guidelines for using it to focus our thoughts and access deeper resources of strength, patience, and love. The mantram can help us replenish our energy, release creativity, and heal old conflicts. These resonant phrases work equally well for parents with young children, colleagues at work, couples in a relationship, in illness or depression, and even at the time of death. And Easwaran shows how repetition of the mantram can open the door to a life that is increasingly meaningful and fulfilling.Trade Review"An excellent book! . . . a splendid explanation of how mantrams work, how to choose one, and above all, how to work on oneself in general.” — Journal of Transpersonal Psychology“A brilliant and inspiring book. As study of the mantram, or Prayer-word . . . this book is unparalleled.” — B. C. Catholic “This clearly written little book is very pleasing. It is helpful in an academic sense because it gives precise, clear information about the power, uses, and variety of mantrams. It is helpful in a practical sense because it gives detailed instructions in choosing and using the mantram for psychological, spiritual, and intellectual development. . . . Eawaran's book is to be recommended in the highest terms.” — Choice
£11.39
Summit University Press,U.S. How to Work with Your Chakras: The Missing
Book SynopsisChakras play a key role in how your body, mind and emotions function. Living a better life starts with charging your aura with spiritual light and getting your chakras activated to improve your outlook, sense of well-being and energy.HOW TO WORK WITH YOUR CHAKRAS explains how your chakras are like transformers for spiritual energy. You can consciously use them to emit high-frequency energies to heal yourself and bless those around you.Learn to powerfully energize your aura and chakras. Meditate on beautiful visualizations of your chakras when they are vibrating at their highest frequency. Utilize the full power of the science of the spoken Word to accelerate your spiritual path.Learn how to live life to its fullest!
£14.24
Wisdom Publications,U.S. Relational Mindfulness: A Handbook for Deepening
Book SynopsisA guidebook on how to embody compassionate awareness in all of our relationships—with self, one another, and our planet—in an age of global uncertainty. We all struggle at times with how to bring meditation off the cushion and into the beautiful, dynamic, and messy realm of relationship. At a time when humanity seems to have forgotten our inherent interrelatedness, this book offers an inspiring set of principles and practices for deepening intimacy and remembering the interconnection that is our birthright. Eden Tull interweaves heartfelt personal stories, sharing her journey from seven years as a monastic in a silent Zen Monastery to living and teaching in the megatropolis of Los Angeles and beyond, with teachings and mindful inquiry to help the reader connect personally with the principles of Relational Mindfulness. In a voice that is transparent, vulnerable, and brave, Tull shares possibilities for integrating mindfulness In gentle yet powerful tone, she covers topics ranging from balance and personal sustainability to sexuality to conscious consumerism. Relational Mindfulness is based on the simple understanding that the most subtle form of love is attention. While a revolution usually means to evolve and change, this shift is actually a return to a simple and sacred understanding we seem to have forgotten—one we can only remember when we are present.
£13.49
Wisdom Publications,U.S. Mindfulness and Intimacy
Book SynopsisGo beyond mere mindfulness—and deepen your connection to your self, the people in your life, and the world around you.Mindfulness is an ancient and powerful practice of awareness and nonjudgmental discernment that can help us ground ourselves in the present moment, with the world and our lives just as they are. But there’s a risk: by focusing our attention on something (or someone), we might always see it as something other, as separate from ourselves. To close this distance, mindfulness has traditionally been paired with a focus on intimacy, community, and interdependence. In this book, Ben Connelly shows us how to bring these two practices together—bringing warm hearts to our clear seeing. Helpful meditations and exercises show how mindfulness and intimacy can together enrich our empathetic engagement with ourselves and the world around us—with our values, with the environment, and with the people in our lives, in all their distinct manifestations of race and religion, sexuality and gender, culture and class—and lead to a truly engaged, compassionate, and joy-filled life
£11.69
Wisdom Publications,U.S. Following in the Buddha's Footsteps
Book SynopsisThe fourth volume of the Dalai Lama’s definitive Library of Wisdom and Compassion series, now in paperback.Delve into the substance of spiritual practice in Following in the Buddha''s Footsteps, the fourth volume in the Dalai Lama''s definitive series on the path to awakening. His Holiness discusses the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, why they are reliable guides on the path, and how to relate to them. He then describes the three essential higher trainings in ethical conduct, concentration, and wisdom that are common to all Buddhist traditions, showing us how to live a life free of harm to self or others and how to develop single-pointed concentration and the higher states of concentration available to earnest practitioners. The chapters on wisdom are in-depth teachings on the noble eightfold path and the four establishments of mindfulness for developing greater awareness and understanding of our body, feelings, mind, and other phenomena. Together these topics form the core of Buddhist practice. This is a book to treasure and refer to repeatedly as you begin the path, progress on it, and approach the final goal of nirvana.
£17.85
The Experiment LLC Brain Training With the Buddha
Book SynopsisTrain your mind for tranquility and focus with this fresh, secular guide to mindfulness using the Buddha's original teachings.Eric Harrison is not a Buddhist - nor is he even religious. But his lifelong mindfulness practice is rooted in the Satipatthana Sutta - the Buddha's original text on how to meditate. Harrison realized that the clearly defined steps in the sutta, even without their spiritual context, amount to a brain-training program anyone can follow. As the Buddha puts it: "The systematic four-stage training of attention is the only way to Enlightenment."Now - informed by a lifetime spent teaching tens of thousands to meditate - Harrison offers an updated, modern English translation of the sutta and lucid guidance on how to apply it. This accessible work is for anyone interested in their mind, body, and life overall - no background in Buddhism required.
£10.79
Inner Traditions Bear and Company Spiritual Traditions of India Coloring Book
Book SynopsisContaining 40 coloring illustrations, the book includes chakra imagery, power yantras, planets, and scenes of Hindu gods and goddesses, such as Ganesh, Hanuman, Shiva, and Parvati. Coloring the chakras enables you to visualize the energy centers in your own body, enhancing your ability to open the chakras and balance your flow of energy. Coloring the power yantras allows you to align your mind and spirit with the energies of good health, tolerance, prosperity, peace, and love, attracting these virtues to your life. Coloring the planets, gods, and goddesses allows you to connect with these powerful entities, inviting their help and influence in your life.
£9.49
Inner Traditions Bear and Company Sacred Geometry Coloring Book
Book Synopsis Drawing on the imagery from her popular Sacred Geometry Oracle Deck and Sacred Geometry Cards for the Visionary Path, this coloring book contains 45 illustrations of Hart’s renowned Sacred Geometry paintings and drawings. Each piece is accompanied by a brief yet insightful commentary explaining the meaning behind the symbols and animals shown and offering inspiration to open your awareness to how these shapes influence our reality and tune your energies. From dolphins and dragonflies, the elements and celestial bodies, to the power of the torus, labyrinths, and the Flower of Life, this coloring book will lead you on a contemplative journey into the interconnected realms of Sacred Geometry, Nature, and Spirit while supporting your sense of wholeness and joy.Trade Review"Powerful and compelling images for personal divination. Hart has created very good medicine indeed." * Hank Wesselman, author of Spirit Medicine and the Spiritwalker Trilogy *
£12.34
SteinerBooks, Inc The First Class Lessons and Mantras: The Michael
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£33.75
Workman Publishing Ani Trime's Little Book of Affirmations: 52
Book Synopsis“Every thought I think is creating my future.” So begin the 52 affirmations of Ani Trime, a beloved teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition who began her own life as a gruff, plainspoken West Virginian. Noted for her sense of humor and her no-nonsense style of spiritual practice, Trime believed that anyone could learn to loosen the grip of negative thoughts by cultivating more healing, helpful ways of thinking in the garden of the mind. This practical approach to fostering peace and positivity is at the heart of these accessible, enlightening, and uplifting affirmations — one for each week of the year — that will resonate with everyone. Collected in an appealing, pocket-size volume, Ani Trime’s Little Book of Affirmations features original illustrated interpretations of each affirmative expression from 39 well-known contemporary commercial artists.
£9.99
Page Street Publishing Co. It’s Just Fucking Meditation: How to Find
Book SynopsisWho said meditation has to be so serious? Yogi Bryan has spent years honing his craft and cutting the crap in order to make meditation accessible for everyone, even when you think you don’t have the time or patience to meditate. Whether you can’t sit still or can’t stop your mind from wandering, Yogi Bryan will help you achieve mental clarity so you can manifest your wildest dreams. In as little as five minutes a day, you can establish a practice that not only relieves stress and calms anxiety, but has also proven to boost your physical health as well. Once you have the basics down, you can discover the power of breath patterns, postures, affirmations, mantras and more to unlock your self-confidence and higher calling. With the support of Yogi Bryan, meditation has never been more approachable or easier to work into your daily routine. If you’ve ever felt like meditation just wasn’t for you - or if you’ve always wanted to try it, but have been too intimidated - then buckle up, buttercup. Your journey starts here.
£16.99
New Harbinger Publications Mindful Yoga-Based Acceptance and Commitment
Book SynopsisThe ancient wisdom of yoga meets the evidence-based effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in this breakthrough professional guide for both yoga instructors and ACT clinicians.Mindful yoga-based acceptance and commitment therapy (MYACT) is a holistic mind-body program that integrates psychology, yoga, and behavior change. In Mindful Yoga-Based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, a psychologist, social worker, and yoga instructor team up to offer comprehensive training in MYACT. Using the holistic therapy outlined in this manual, clinicians and yoga instructors alike will discover ways to guide clients toward emotional balance and wellness, with the perspective that healing suffering requires treating both the body and the mind.This unique book offers proven-effective interventions informed by the model of psychological flexibility-the foundational underpinning of modern third-wave cognitive behavioral therapies. Mental health professionals who are interested in yoga, mindfulness, and holistic approaches to health will rejoice in this evidence-based program, while yoga instructors who wish to incorporate well-researched health care interventions into their yoga practice and teaching will also celebrate this much-needed resource.Whether you are new to yoga or ACT or both, or have a long history with either, this book will provide you with the tools and foundational understanding needed to bring this practice into the scope of yours.
£25.49
New Harbinger Publications A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook
Book SynopsisThe ultimate practical guide to MBSR-with more than 115,000 copies sold-is now available in a fully revised and updated second edition.Stress and pain are nearly unavoidable in our daily lives; they are part of the human condition. This stress can often leave us feeling irritable, tense, overwhelmed, and burned-out. The key to maintaining balance is responding to stress not with frustration and self-criticism, but with mindful, nonjudgmental awareness of our bodies and minds. Impossible? Actually, it's easier than it seems.In just weeks, you can learn mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), a clinically proven program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Full Catastrophe Living. MBSR is effective in alleviating stress, anxiety, panic, depression, chronic pain, and a wide range of medical conditions. Taught in classes and clinics worldwide, this powerful approach shows you how to focus on the present moment and permanently change the way you handle stress.As you work through A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, you'll learn how to replace stress-promoting habits with mindful ones-a skill that will last a lifetime. This groundbreaking, proven-effective program will help you relieve the symptoms of stress and identify its causes.This fully revised and updated second edition includes new audio downloads, new meditations, and extensive chapter revisions to help you manage stress and start living a healthier, happier life.
£20.90
New Harbinger Publications Mindfulness for Teen Anxiety: A Workbook for
Book SynopsisNow fully revised and updated, including new and fun activities for dealing with school anxiety, social media overwhelm, bullying, and more. Being a teen is hard enough without anxiety getting in the way. Not only are you changing more than ever before—physically and mentally—you’re also facing an increasing number of global issues, such as pandemics, school violence, and climate change. On top of all these big events, if you suffer from panic attacks, chronic worry, and feelings of isolation, it can be very difficult to meet your goals and succeed. The good news is there are real, powerful ways that you can take control of your anxiety—and your life! In this second edition of Mindfulness for Teen Anxiety, psychologist and learning specialist Christopher Willard offers teens like you proven-effective, mindfulness-based practices to help you cope with your anxiety, identify common triggers (such as dating, social media, or school performance), learn valuable time-management skills, and feel more calm at home, in school, and with friends. You’ll learn doable skills for dealing with specific situations that cause anxiety, such as public speaking, taking tests, meeting new people, and more. You’ll also discover special breathing exercises to help you stay calm in moments of panic, and guided visualization exercises to be cool and collected, even in the tensest situations. If you are ready to move past your anxiety, panic, and worry and start being your best, this workbook will be your guide—every step of the way.
£14.99
The Mercier Press Ltd 52 Proverbs to Build Resilience against Anxiety
Book Synopsis Fiann Ó Nualláin brings the ancient wisdom of Irish proverbs to life with the help of modern techniques like mindfulness, positive psychology, and cognitive behavioral therapy. In this practical self-help book, you'll find 52 proverbs that speak directly to the worries and stresses of modern life. These proverbs are more than clever idioms. They are the accumulated wisdom of our ancestors passed down through generations as a way to navigate life's challenges. By reading these proverbs and following the accompanying exercises, you'll be able to chart a course through life's obstacles and find greater happiness, calm, and meaning. So if you're struggling with anxiety or just looking for practical guidance for living a more fulfilling life, 52 Proverbs to Build Resilience against Anxiety and Panic is the perfect resource. With its blend of ancient wisdom and modern techniques, it's sure to become a go-to self-help book for anyone seeking peace and calm in a hectic world.Trade Review'An ingenious concept, unearthing profound and practical advice from ancient Irish proverbs. I applaud this novel approach, finding the marriage of exquisite sayings, the wisdom of salient tips, from breathwork to mindfulness and therapeutic exercises, incredibly empowering.' - Karen Ward, psychotherapist, shamanic teacher and author of The Secrets of Ageless Aging and Glorious Goddesses of Ancient Ireland.
£12.59
Collective Ink Mindfulness Based Living Course: A self-help
Book SynopsisA self-help version of the popular Mindfulness eight-week course, emphasising kindness and self-compassion. Mindfulness is an innate capacity of the mind that can be trained to alleviate stress and low mood, to reduce the power of rumination and self criticism, and to evoke emotional well being and proactivity. The Mindfulness Based Living Course is a practical guide to the development of a mindful approach to living in the modern world. Its distinctive feature is a compassionate approach to mindfulness that is based on many years of experience in the practice and delivery of mindfulness training by two of its leading exponents - the former Buddhist monk Choden and Heather Regan-Addis, both directors of the Mindfulness Association.
£10.44
Watkins Media Limited The Buddha Pill: Can Meditation Change You?
Book SynopsisMillions of people meditate daily but can these practices really make us ‘better’ people? In The Buddha Pill, Farias and Wikholm put meditation and mindfulness under the microscope. Separating fact from fiction, they reveal what scientific research - including their own groundbreaking study on yoga and meditation in prisoners – tells us about the benefits and limitations of these techniques for improving lives. As well as illuminating the potential, the authors argue that these practices may have unexpected consequences and that peace and happiness may not always be the end result. Offering a compelling examination of research on Transcendental Meditation to recent studies on the effects of mindfulness and yoga, with fascinating contributions from spiritual teachers and therapists, Farias and Wikholm weave together a unique story about the science and the delusions of personal change. This isn't simply another book about the route to enlightenment and happiness, nor is it a 'how to'. Farias and Wikholm challenge assumptions about the uses and effects of meditation and yoga. Controversially, The Buddha Pill argues that personal change effected by these spiritual practices can vary widely from one individual to another, and that peace and compassion may not always be the end result. Combining insights from decades of scientific research with fascinating accounts from gurus and prisoners, The Buddha Pill weaves together a unique story about the science and delusions of personal change.Trade Review"Mindfulness is modish, but can it deliver? If you are after a reliable guide to the possible benefits and harms of mindfulness and meditation, this is the book for you. Clear, readable and measured, it sifts a wealth of evidence in order to assess the real effects, and get beyond the hype"- Linda Woodhead MBE, Professor of Sociology of Religion, Lancaster University'Mindfulness and meditation are practiced by millions of people around the world, and their benefits are being hailed by everyone from doctors and mental health professionals, to parents and teachers. Mindfulness programs are being rolled out in schools and prisons, in workplaces and homes. Its popularity has exploded, and everybody knows all the ways it can transform our lives and make us happier, calmer, and better people. Yet nobody ever seems to talk about the negative impact it can have too, and to what extent it can really change us as people.In their ground-breaking book, The Buddha Pill, Dr. Miguel Farias and Dr. Catherine Wikholm put meditation and mindfulness under the microscope and challenge the mainstream perception of what they are for, and who should be practicing them. Now, in this fully revised and updated edition, they’re back to separate fact from fiction.Dr. Farias and Dr. Wikholm reveal what scientific research – including their own ground-breaking study on yoga and meditation in prisoners – tells us about the benefits and limitations of these techniques for improving lives. As well as illuminating the potential, they also highlight the darker side of these practices. With such powerful and transformative abilities, meditation and mindfulness can be triggering, unsettling, and anxiety-provoking for certain people. Their effects vary widely, and peace and compassion may not always be the end result. This is especially true for young people, who have very complex emotional needs – aspects explored in a new section focusing on meditation and children.This isn’t simply another book about the route to enlightenment and happiness, nor is it a ‘how to’. With a clear and compassionate approach, The Buddha Pill offers a compelling examination of research on Transcendental Meditation, recent studies on the effects of mindfulness and meditation, and fascinating contributions from spiritual teachers and therapists. Farias and Wikholm weave together a unique story about the science and the delusions of personal change, challenging assumptions and helping people realize which self-development practices are – or are not – right for them.'- LightWorkReview.com
£9.49
Lonely Planet Global Limited Lonely Planet Wellness Escapes
Book SynopsisDiscover the world’s most energising, inspiring and relaxing wellbeing retreats. From yoga, t’ai chi and meditation to mindfulness, spa treatments and creative writing, we present our favourite retreats and spas around the world to help replenish the mind, body and soul. Wellness Escapes includes nearly 200 destinations and is organised into five themes: Calm, Active, Healthy, Inspired and Indulged – making it easy to find the perfect getaway whether you’re in the mood for a seaweed bath in Ireland or surfing in Morocco, meditation in Bali or a Finnish sauna. We tell you what makes each retreat so special, what you can do, what’s on its doorstep, and provide booking details to help you find out more or book a visit. Throughout, our wellness authors reveal the health benefits of each activity, while you’ll also find out about the world’s top ten wellness festivals, yoga and meditation techniques, and healthy smoothie recipes to try at home. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world’s number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we’ve printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You’ll also find our content online, on mobile, video and in 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more.
£11.69
Octopus Publishing Group The Mindfulness Journal: Tips and Exercises to
Book SynopsisMindfulness is a journey, and even the best explorers need a little guidance along the wayFilled with contemplative quotes, centering statements and simple exercises, this journal guides you to daily mindfulness, allowing you to truly live in the present moment. Taking you through different aspects of your life, these pages will help you find the peace in every day and truly embrace all that life has to offer.
£10.44
Troubador Publishing Fragrance of Freedom: Discovering Peace Through
Book SynopsisA Transparent Enquiry into the True Nature of Motherhood “Our true essential nature is free, peaceful, whole, and interconnected with all of life. We need simply turn our attention deeply within, so it may be recognised. Only then will we clearly see our child’s true essence, and come to feel our shared, peaceful Being.” Heena Vasani FRAGRANCE of FREEDOM celebrates Heena Vasani’s remarkable East-West journey through childhood. It is a magical revelation of one woman’s self-determination to forgive, to heal, to overcome, and to transform the shadow and pain of an ancestral wound into the compassionate teachings for conscious parenthood. FRAGRANCE of FREEDOM is both a prayer and a mothers call to action on behalf of children everywhere. Exquisitely designed, and illustrated by Heena’s children, this book invites us to reflect deeply on the authentic conditions required for conscious, connected parenting, and the wellbeing of children entrusted to our care. With its utter simplicity, penetrating dialogue, and transparent enquiry into the true nature of motherhood, this book returns us to the essence of Life itself. In FRAGRANCE of FREEDOM, Heena Vasani demonstrates that by facing our suffering we unearth its fierce gift, which draws us home to our Source, our true essential nature, with sudden unexpected speed, and turns our gaze once more, into Love’s Peaceful Presence. – Chloë Goodchild Founder of The Naked Voice
£13.49
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Mindfulness Crosswords: Everyday puzzles for
Book SynopsisLose yourself in a puzzle and get ready to relax with these mindful crosswords. This book will help you to find peace in a frantic world, by putting your worries to one side and inhabiting the moment, all while giving your brain a gentle workout. Mindfulness Crosswords: Everyday Puzzles for Wellbeing is a book to dip into for those times when you need to focus on unwinding, or a perfect gift for a loved one in your life who needs to make time to de-stress and refresh their headspace.
£6.99
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Your Anxiety Journal: Simple Exercises to Calm
Book SynopsisRein in your anxiety with this simple guided journal.Worrying is human. Worry can help to keep us safe and warn us of potential dangers. But when worrying becomes anxiety, and begins to get in the way of our everyday lives, we need strategies to overcome it.Written by a professional counsellor and full of ways to help you understand and take control of your anxiety, this book is the ideal guide to help you dial down that constant worry, tackle unhealthy thought patterns and build habits to help prevent anxiety from taking over. Full of guided exercises and spaces for self-reflection, as well as beautiful illustrations and inspiring quotes, it is perfect for the over-worriers everywhere.
£10.79
Octopus Publishing Group The Little Book of Breathwork: Find Calm, Improve
Book SynopsisLearn how to use the power of your breath to gain clarity, peace and better health with this beginner's guide to the ancient practice of breathwork If you're looking for ways to boost your overall health and well-being, and tools that can bring you instant calm, then breathwork is the answer. Breathwork combines meditation and mindfulness with the ancient traditions of yoga and qigong, with simple exercises that anyone can try. Once you've started learning the art of breathwork, you'll have the knowledge at your disposal to help you:- Relieve stress and anxiety and create a deeper sense of calm - Enhance your mental clarity and increase your focus Improve your overall physical health and well-being- Harness your natural energy and boost athletic and motivational performance - Cultivate a deeper connection with your mind, body and soul With an overview of the history of breathwork around the world, and step-by-step instructions for carrying out different techniques safely in your own home, The Little Book of Breathwork provides everything you need to embark on your journey to feeling great every day.
£6.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd The Little Book of Empathy: Enrich Your Life
Book SynopsisDiscover how to create a deeper connection with everyone around you to live a happier and more fulfilling life. Empathy – the ability to understand another person’s feelings as if they were your own – has never been more needed or cherished. The Little Book of Empathy explores what empathy is and how to develop it, from the science of empathy, including the different types (cognitive/emotional/compassionate) and what actually happens in the brain, to World Empathy Day and the global education movement of Empathy Week, and how this works to empower young people. With hints, tips and mini exercises all focused on developing your empathic skills, as well as mantras, affirmations and quotations to help focus the mind, this book is a treasury of empathy. It looks, too, at how to create empathic bonds with animals and in nature, as well as the role of empathy in living mindfully, and how we can add to our empathic toolkit as we navigate each day. Whether you’re looking for an upbeat read or simply daily inspiration, this book will help you unleash your empathic superpower and let it grow and flow.
£7.59
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Crystal Tips and Cures: 101 Crystals for Health,
Book SynopsisThis is the perfect beginner's guide to crystal healing, featuring 101 of these amazingly powerful stones and including all you need to know to let their energy transform your life. Beautiful, tactile, and easily available, crystals are natural tools for bringing health, wealth, love, success and spiritual harmony into your life. This handy illustrated guide introduces 101 crystals, arranged in 12 sections by colour, for easy identification. Discover each crystal's healing qualities, star sign, chakra point and how to work with it to reap its benefits. Follow the tips to enhance everyday living, including how to wear crystals to harness their energy, display them at home to bring in harmony or place one under your pillow for sweet dreams. You can learn how to choose the crystals that are right for you, discover your birthstone crystal and ask a question with a crystal pendulum. As more and more people are becoming aware of the power of crystals, this guide will help you find the right crystal for every need.
£7.59
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Everyday Self-care: Lifestyle Rituals: Find
Book SynopsisDiscover the benefits of regular rituals and routines and how to integrate them into your everyday life to give yourself the self-care you deserve. Do you always make yourself a hot drink before bedtime – and does it give you a warm, comforting feeling? If so, no wonder – it is a mini ritual of self-care. Imagine if you could create the same sense of improved wellbeing throughout your day. This book shows how incorporating rituals into all areas of your daily life can become a key part of your self-care regimen, keeping your body and mind nourished with energy and happiness. You’ll learn how to create helpful routines that work for you and how to transform your home into a sanctuary. You’ll also find inspiration for self-love rituals, from luxurious baths to mindful meditations, and advice on the power of simple affirmations and mantras. With this handy guide, you’ll make every day calmer, happier and more special.
£7.59
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Mindful Colouring: 100 Mandalas and Patterns to
Book SynopsisCreate peace and calm for yourself with Mindful Colouring, which includes a 64-page book and a 150-sheet paper block with mandala designs and patterns to colour in. For hundreds of years, mandalas have been a source of inspiration for those who have meditated on their qualities. Here, Cassandra Lorius has brought together a unique collection of mandalas inspired by different traditions, from Hindu to Celtic, and explains the symbols contained within each one and the symbolic meanings of the colours used. Each mandala has a special theme to spark your creative flair, from love and compassion to gratitude and success. You will learn about the power of colour as a pathway to tap into your inner self, and colouring-in has been shown to reduce stress levels: the process is like meditating, which is known to have numerous health benefits. The paper block includes 150 sheets of mandala designs and patterns for you to colour in, allowing you to experiment with different colourways, and each can be kept and framed as a creative keepsake.
£11.69
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Mindful Gardening: Find Peace and Calm in Your
Book SynopsisBe inspired by this collection of beautiful words and images about the magic of tending an outdoor space. When you devote time and energy to growing plants and flowers, it is richly rewarding; in doing so, you care for nature and the planet, as well as create a beautiful space. This book celebrates the joy of doing just that, with a carefully curated selection of quotes and inspirational photography, as well as advice and simple suggestions on nurturing your own outdoor space, no matter how big or small. Quotes include: ‘To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul.’ – Alfred Austin ‘When I go into the garden with a spade and dig a bed, I feel such an exhilaration and health that I discover that I have been defrauding myself all this time in letting others do for me what I should have done with my own hands.’ – Ralph Waldo Emerson ‘Life begins the day you start a garden.’ – Chinese proverb
£9.49
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Mindful Homes: Create Healing Living Spaces with
Book SynopsisBe present and connected in your home with feng shui and mindfulness techniques. Feng shui teaches that we are interconnected and interdependent. This includes the spaces that we live in and engage with every day. We are not separate from our homes, our spaces or the objects and people that surround us. How can we begin to connect to and appreciate our world, and see the beauty in each moment? In Mindful Homes, Anjie Cho explains how we can start by paying attention to the details around us. Feng shui and mindfulness can help us to slow down, be more aware and create spaciousness to give birth to more joy, creativity and community. Learn simple practices to cultivate a healing living space, including creating sacred areas for rituals, incorporating crystals, mindful meditation and offering gratitude to deities and to your home itself. With stunning photography throughout, Mindful Homes will inspire you to look at your environment with fresh eyes and create a space that enhances happiness and wellbeing.Trade ReviewMindful Homes invites us into heightened awareness of our living spaces to discover natural arrangements of elegance and beauty. Anjie Cho is a gentle guide, skillfully leading us on a path of simplicity and mindfulness in our homes and workspaces. This is a joyful celebration of home, community, and world. – Gaylon Ferguson, Ph.D., author of Natural Wakefulness: Discovering the Wisdom We Are Born WithThis book is a jewel. Both beautiful to look at and soothing to read. Taking the time to read through this book is an act of self-care. Mindful Homes offers simple and graceful feng shui teachings through a meditative lens. – Laura Morris, co-founder of the Mindful Design Feng Shui School and the co-host of the Holistic Spaces podcast When it comes to creating space that heals, Anjie is one of the most considerate, grounded and contemplative people I have ever met. Her book Holistic Spaces was a gem that I was grateful to be able to introduce to my community who received with resounding praise. I am looking forward to doing the same with Mindful Homes and am so happy that Anjie is sharing more of her wisdom and light with the world! – Deborah Hanekamp, "Mama Medicine" and author of Ritual Baths: Be Your Own HealerThis book is a fascinating journey through the symbolic language of feng shui and will forever influence the choices you make in creating your environments. With a compelling voice of warmth and compassion, Anjie Cho invites us into a deeper relationship with our living and working spaces as she takes us into the heart and spiritual essence of form. Her visualizations and contemplations further attune us to body sensations and energy flow; and through the many color photographs of kitchens, bedrooms, offices and more we see new meaning beneath every color, texture and shape. – Joan D. Stamm, author of The Language of Flowers in the Time of COVID, and Heaven and Earth are Flowers: Reflections on Ikebana and Buddhism.Anjie Cho’s new book is a beautiful invitation to explore the senses within ourselves and our space. She provides simple ways to create harmonious spaces while gently guiding the reader to align with mindful curiosity. This book is a powerful reminder of the interconnection we have to the spaces we live in, and the ability to heal from within. – Dr. Tamsin Lee, founder of Elemental Archetypes, a space sharing Daoist living to deepen the practice of healingWith impeccable timing in a chaotic world, Anjie nudges us to alter the space around us, to risk the uncommon and allow change to happen naturally. She moves beyond the rules and prescriptions of current feng shui offerings, and her golden threads of compassion and wisdom encourage us to be wholly ourselves. The guidance is gentle, simple, and easy—a gracious invitation to practice. – From the Introduction to Mindful Homes by Katherine Metz, founder of Feng Shui Storyboard, an archive of the teachings of His Holiness Grandmaster Professor Lin YunAnjie Cho is a rare gem. Her grounded and gentle approach shows us how to improve our spaces and lives by moving furniture, as well as the impact of understanding light, color, and space. Her work in creating holistic spaces is incredibly important to me and I’m stoked about all the new wisdom she’s put into Mindful Homes. Reading it will support you in all parts of your life, not just your home. – Katie Dalebout, author of Let It Out: A Journey Through Journaling and host of Let It Out PodcastIf you're curious about how mindfulness can be applied to your home, Anjie Cho's delightful book guides you through mindfulness practices that include our physical spaces. Mindful Homes applies the Buddhist teachings of how we are interconnected and interdependent with our inner and outer spaces. – Ethan Nichtern, author of The Road Home: A Contemporary Exploration of the Buddhist Path
£13.49
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Unplug and Unwind: Mindful Ways to Rest, Relax,
Book SynopsisDiscover how better to meet the stress and demands of daily life with accessible and gratifying ways to decompress and live each day more fully. The fast pace of contemporary life and the increasingly digital age we live in can overwhelm our peace, happiness and well-being. Checking our phones and engaging online are often necessary to stay connected and thrive in today’s world but doing so constantly and mindlessly can lead to unwanted anxiety, exhaustion and discontent. There is a better way to meet these everyday challenges. Through a mindful approach and relating to situations differently, Unplug and Unwind will do just that for you. Discover the many ways to benefit physically, emotionally and mentally, including how to feel more rested if you’re having trouble sleeping, tune into your breathing regularly to relax and be present, and explore your senses to experience renewed energy and pleasure. In this compendium of beautiful images and inspiring guidance, shift from doing to being and find more balance and happiness in your life.
£9.49
Aeon Books Ltd Achieving Equilibrium: A Simple Way to Balance
Book SynopsisA different and exciting form of self-care in the form of practical mind to body self-regulation. In the challenging times of the 21st century, looking after oneself and navigating the bumps in the road has become more difficult than ever. However, this fascinating book, written by two psychotherapists with many years of experience, provides a simple and reliable means of restoring the balance which is vital for the robust body mind system we need if we are to be able to bounce back from adverse experiences. It is this balance (homeostasis) that provides us with the highway to wellbeing and it is our body mind system’s innate capacity to self regulate which is at the core of this book. Using six key Autogenic Training exercises, the authors provide readers with the skillset to self regulate at any time or any place. These exercises can activate the parasympathetic nervous system and involve body scans, breathing and other bodily awareness exercises.Trade Review"The guidance from this book, through the practice of autogenics, has immeasurably enhanced both my personal and professional life. Autogenics should be a standard part, not only of every mental health professional's therapeutic toolkit, but recognised as a necessary resource for us as ‘humans’ to manage the inevitability of this often unsafe and uncertain world in which we live. Achieving Equilibrium is an eloquent, accessible, engaging manual that can be used across cultural, professional and personal domains, to maintain our homeostasis." * Marianne Le Coyte Grinney, specialist family and systemic psychotherapist and clinical lead *“This volume will enable many to become aware of Autogenic Therapy. It will be a pleasure to share copies with colleagues and friends.” Judith Wren, former chairperson of the British Autogenic Society “This is a very welcome book.The authors have given us a clear and comprehensive pathway using Autogenic Training exercises to help us heal our bodies and mind. I will be recommending this book to my clients as a tool to support their wellbeing.” Maureen Treanor, psychotherapist, supervisor and mindfulness teacherTable of ContentsCONTENTS ABOUT THE AUTHORS FOREWORD PREFACE INTRODUCTION GLOSSARY OF TERMS PART 1 THE SIX AT STANDARD EXERCISES Essential preparation for autogenic training WEEK 1 First Standard Exercise—Heaviness Week 1—days 1, 2, and 3 Week 1—days 4, 5, 6, and 7 WEEK 2 First Standard Exercise (Part 2) Heaviness + Neck and Shoulders Week 2—Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 WEEK 3 Second Standard Exercise—Warmth Week 3—Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7: warmth in arms and legs WEEK 4 Third Standard Exercise—Cardiac Regulation Week 4—Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 WEEK 5 Fourth Standard Exercise—Respiration Week 5—Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 WEEK 6 Fifth Standard Exercise—Abdominal Warmth Week 6—Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 WEEK 7 Sixth Standard Exercise—Cooling of the Forehead Week 7—Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 WEEK 8 The complete sequence of six AT standard exercises Week 8—Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 PART 2 BACKGROUND INFORMATION Why now? What for? Who for? What is AT? How does AT work? Brainwave states When to use AT? When not to use AT (contraindications) PART 3 THE HISTORY OF AUTOGENICS People, places, dates, and ideas relevant to the development of Autogenics internationally PART 4 CASE STUDIES Medical matters When is AT treatment recommended by the medical profession Medical questionnaire uses Case studies pain management, high blood pressure, dermatological problems, anxiety CONCLUSION HOW TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AT AND ACCESS QUALIFIED AT PRACTITIONERS REFERENCES FURTHER READING INDEX
£16.99
Troubador Publishing Seven Wonders of The Self: Access your Healing
Book SynopsisHave you ever tried to achieve inner calm and practice self-care? Seven Wonders of the Self is a book for those who wish to connect to their body and learn about self-healing. It offers effective techniques and guided meditations to help you find your inner balance and promote your wellbeing. Like Seven Wonders of the World, everyone has powerful wonders inside of their body which can help to accelerate their healing journey. Each of the seven chapters of the book explores a special gift that every person has: hearing, seeing, talking, feeling, loving, creating energy and shining light. The reader is invited to learn about their intuitive healing power and use it with the help of inspiring words and practical visualisation exercises. The book provides a step-by-step guide for healing and explains how to engage your natural power by listening to your intuition, connecting to energy, communicating with the body, loving and accepting yourself. Packed with essential tools that can be used at any time, the book touches upon important aspects of every person’s life, such as the connection between physical and emotional health, maintaining the inner balance and finding a life purpose. Practical meditations teach how to create positive energy and let go of past negative experiences. Whether you’re a new starter or just looking for something different, Seven Wonders of the Self is a transformational book that could help you achieve what you’ve long wanted!
£12.59
Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd Teaching Mindfulness-Based Groups: The Inside Out
Book SynopsisMindfulness offers individuals the means to enhance their well-being by changing the way they relate to challenging experiences. Mindfulness-based programs were designed to be taught in groups, and almost all trainees learn this way, yet there has been little research into the impact of the group on the overall learning experience and how this can be exploited to enhance outcomes for each participant. Based on the authors' 'Inside Out Group' (IOG) model, this book offers a clear and simple way to understand the complexities of group processes in mindfulness-based programs based on four key capacities: 1. Inside out embodying (non-judgemental present moment awareness); 2. Reading the group (understanding events based on group processes); 3. Holding the group (cultivating an environment to facilitate learning); and 4. Befriending the group (engaging the heart in mindfulness teaching).Table of ContentsForeword by Willem Kuyken INTRODUCTION 1: The value of the mindfulness-based group 2: The dimensions of mindfulness-based teaching 3: The evolution of pedagogical theory 4: The research PART 1: INSIDE OUT EMBODYING 5: Inside out embodying 6: Launching the mindfulness-based group PART 2: READING THE GROUP 7: Reading the mindfulness-based group 8: Impact of personal histories and social constructs 9: Body language PART 3: HOLDING THE GROUP 10: Holding the mindfulness-based group 11: Inside out practice guiding 12: Inside out inquiry and facilitation 13: Online considerations PART 4: BEFRIENDING THE GROUP 14: Befriending the mindfulness-based group 15: Four friends for life 16: Ending the mindfulness-based group Conclusion Personal postscript
£29.95
Arcturus Publishing Ltd Peaceful Puzzles Sudoku: Take Some Time Out to
Book SynopsisThe puzzles in this collection are accompanied by beautiful images from nature that are designed to inspire a feeling of peace and tranquillity. Meditate on the images and let your mind focus on the task at hand as you seek a moment of calm. Concentrating on this collection of sudoku puzzles can help your mind drift a way to a place of true relaxation. • REDUCE STRESS: Let go of all your stress by focusing on these satisfying puzzles. • INSPIRING IMAGES: Includes images of beautiful and calming locations for you to focus on as you complete the puzzles ensuring you achieve a state of peace and tranquillity.
£6.99
Octopus Publishing Group Power Up: How to feel awesome by protecting and
Book SynopsisProtect, maintain and boost your positive energy around the clock.Power Up brings together multiple popular self-care and wellbeing practices in one place: how to cleanse and protect your aura; the power of daily affirmations ad mantras; how breathing techniques can help you feel engaged and energized; and the ability to change the narrative by using visualisation and manifestation.With bitesized exercises that are easy to incorporate into busy schedules, tips on little boosts to help pick you up throughout the day, and a handy Daily Energy Clock, Power Up will help create positive habits which are easy to stick to for a lasting impact on your daily energy levels.
£8.54
Octopus Publishing Group It's the Little Things: Finding the Joy in the
Book SynopsisYou're stuck in traffic and you're late to work, but it doesn't matter. Your cat woke you up with a kiss that morning, you've just spotted your first freckle of the year (summer must be here) and now your favourite song is playing on the radio. Life is good.Packed with cute, funny and silly everyday scenarios, and beautifully illustrated throughout, this book is a reminder to stop stressing about life's problems, and to start appreciating the little things instead. Learn to laugh at the ridiculous, revel in your small achievements, delight in the mundane and start living your best life.
£6.99
Ebury Publishing The Miracle of Mindfulness (Gift edition): The
Book SynopsisWITH A NEW FOREWORD BY PROFESSOR MARK WILLIAMS, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORDThe Miracle of Mindfulness is a modern classic. In this life-changing book, Buddhist monk and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh explains how to practise mindfulness. Once we know how to be mindful, we can slow ourselves down and start living in the moment. Even simple acts such as washing the dishes or drinking a cup of tea can be transformed into acts of meditation. Whatever our beliefs, we can begin to reap the immense benefits that meditation has been scientifically proven to offer.Thich Nhat Hanh's unique calligraphy, especially created for this beautiful new edition, accompanies his words of wisdom. A chronology details the important moments in his life, and rare photographs illustrate key moments.This is a book to treasure and the perfect gift for those you love and care for.Trade ReviewSowed the seeds of a revolution… a modern classic -- from the Foreword by Prof Mark WilliamsThe first book to awaken a mainstream readership to the subject of mindfulness – a testimony to the power of Thich Nhat Hanh’s elegant and profound teaching. -- Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Full Catastrophe Living
£14.39
John Murray Press Drug Addiction Recovery: The Mindful Way
Book Synopsis'A process for healing from paralyzing grief, addiction and emotional wounds.' - Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD, New York Times bestselling author.Healing from addiction can be an intensely painful process as decades of frozen grief are unpacked. This book is written to help recovering addicts to work through old wounds including bereavement, abandonment, betrayal, and abuse. It uses effective mindfulness practices to complement long term recovery and to help process sometimes-overwhelming feelings. Mindfulness is also recognized as a powerful tool in relapse prevention. Interspersed with personal reflections from the author's own experience, and stories from those with similar experience, this book balances insight and support with practical strategies and mindfulness tools.Covering everything those recovering from addiction might need to know, including the need to grieve, coping with depression and shame, and spiritual wellbeing, it also offers a number of guided meditations as well as a variety of different exercises.For those building emotional wellbeing and peace in recovery, Drug-Addiction Recovery: The Mindful Way offers healing ways to enhance self-respect, and points the path to serenity.Trade ReviewIn Drug Addiction Recovery, Christopher Dines elegantly teaches us a process for healing from paralysing grief, addiction and emotional wounds using a mindfulness-based approach. -- Rudolph E. Tanzi PhD. Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, and multiple New York Times bestselling authorChristopher Dines' experiences and insight are shared in his book, 'Drug Addiction Recovery' for us all to learn from. -- Peter Kyle, MP for Hove & Portslade, UK
£9.86
Rudolf Steiner Press Finding Inner Balance: Meditative exercises for
Book SynopsisIn the midst of life we can find ourselves pulled in many different directions and it is easy to lose our sense of self. Is it possible to find and strengthen the inner core of who we are? Can we rediscover our inner equilibrium and tranquillity without retreating from the world? Since ancient times people have sought to re-establish inner balance by using specific meditative practices. The ‘soul exercises’ described in this booklet are derived from Rudolf Steiner’s spiritual philosophy, but also acknowledge the Buddhist tradition of mindfulness. Offering strategies to boost self-confidence, self-reliance, inner stability and concentration, they are intended for anyone seeking personal growth. The exercises are perfect for enriching everyday life, but can also help in times of stress, mental and emotional crisis, burn-out and in the context of psychiatric and psychosomatic therapies. In a series of short chapters illustrated with beautiful colour photos, this booklet offers accessible and easy-to-follow commentary and instructions on creating a path of inner development and balance. KLAUS ADAMS, born 1961, trained as a nurse at Herdecke district hospital. He has worked as a nurse at Friedrich-Husemann Clinic in Buchenbach, near Freiburg, Germany, since 1990. He took further training in psychiatry and is a practice manager and expert in anthroposophic nursing and an IKAM auditor (International Coordination Centre for Anthroposophic Medicine at the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum). He has taught for many years on healthcare and nursing training courses, is a tutor for soul exercises and other aspects of anthroposophic psychiatry, and has authored various publications on anthroposophic psychiatric nursing. WOLFGANG RISSMANN M.D., born 1948, studied medicine in Freiburg, Germany, and Vienna, subsequently specializing in psychiatry. From 1987 to 2013 he was chief physician at the Friedrich-Husemann Clinic in Buchenbach near Freiburg. Since 2014 he has run a private practice for psychiatry in Hamburg. He works in training of medical students, physicians and other medical professionals in the field of anthroposophic medicine and psychiatry. MARKO ROKNIC, born 1958, trained as a nurse at Herdecke district hospital. From 1990 to 2009 he was a nurse at the Friedrich-Husemann Clinic in Buchenbach near Freiburg, Germany, and since 2009 has been a nursing manager at Sonneneck Psychosomatic Clinic in Badenweiler, Germany. He took further training in psychiatric nursing and is an expert in anthroposophic nursing, a trainer in Wegman/Hauschka rhythmic massage, and a health pedagogue (AfW Freiburg). He sits on the advisory board of the association for anthroposophic nursing, and has taught for many years in healthcare and nursing training. He is a tutor for soul exercises and other aspects of anthroposophic psychiatry, and has authored various publications on health education and nursing.
£9.49
Octopus Publishing Group The Little Book of Serenity
Book SynopsisThe Little Book of Serenity is a handy pocketbook full of simple practices and gentle pauses to help you bring greater calm to your everyday routine; part antidote to pandemonium and part guide to peaceful living amid the mayhem of modern life. Packed with practical tips and nourishing inspiration, Cheryl Rickman encourages readers to soften the edges of our busy lives by cultivating serene spaces and practices. Drawing on her knowledge as a wellness expert and positive psychology practitioner, exercises include everything from nature walks and meditation to creative play and journaling.
£7.99
Merrell Publishers Ltd The Nature of Creativity: A Mindful Approach to
Book SynopsisAs we become increasingly aware of the power of nature to lift our spirits, so, too, are we becoming more conscious of the role that mindfulness can play in sparking our creativity. The renowned textile artist and embroiderer Jane E. Hall brings these ideas together in her captivating new book. As a child, Jane loved playing outside and making things using natural materials, from daisy chains and petal-based perfumes to tiny tea sets of acorn cups and leaf saucers. Now, as a successful professional artist, Jane still finds great happiness and inspiration in connecting with nature, and here encourages you to attune to the beauty of the natural world as a way of stimulating your creativity. Jane begins by explaining how spending time in nature helps us to engage the senses and rediscover playfulness, and outlines her belief that one should embrace the process of making art rather than focusing on its final form. She shares the special spaces, both indoors and out, that allow her imagination to have free rein, and then presents 10 creative ideas inspired by nature. These ‘Creative Contemplations’ first explore building your own treasure collection of materials to use in artistic projects, and then move on to the creation of a range of beautiful designs: stunning mandalas of petals, leaves and shells; delicate dreamcatchers; a dainty purse of honesty seed pods; handmade birds’ nests; exquisite embroidered butterflies; ‘woodland fairies’ composed of lichen-covered twigs and feathers; and much more. Some ‘Contemplations’ include step-by-step instructions, while others feature the stories behind their making in order to inspire you to push beyond your perceived creative limits. Jane’s writing style is uplifting and engaging, and the text throughout is accompanied by specially commissioned photography. No matter how skilled or unskilled you believe yourself to be, The Nature of Creativity will nurture your artistic thoughts and help you find your inner happiness. Journey with Jane through the natural landscape to unlock your artistic potential and breathe creativity back into your life!Table of ContentsForeword by Brigit Strawbridge-Howard Introduction Studio Wild Habitat: Inspiration on your Doorstep The Fairy House (Sidhe) Treasure Collection Trinket Boxes Nature Mandalas Dreamcatchers Notes to Nature Nature's Haberdashery Nests Wildflower Hours Fairies Chasing Butterflies Denouement Last word Futher pursuits
£22.50
HarperCollins Publishers Mindfulness: Live in the Moment and Enjoy Life to
Book SynopsisThe perfect introduction to mindfulness, with an explanation of how it works, inspirational quotations and practical exercises for every day. Mindfulnessness is a practical, easy way to find peace in today's frantic world. You don't need a mat or a special room or to go on a retreat. You can work it into your daily routine – even at your desk. Mindfulness is about intensely living in the moment – being aware of your sensations, your thoughts and feelings and the world around you. It's like taking a holiday from your stresses and worries, helping to refresh you and give you a new perspective on what has been troubling you. This little book is a perfect introduction to mindfulness, with an explanation of how it works, inspirational quotations and practical 10-minute exercises for every day. There are attractive illustrations throughout to make it a perfect gift for yourself and others.
£6.99
