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Title: The Mindfulness Book

Subtitle: Practical Ways to Lead a More Mindful Life

Author: Martyn Newman

Narrator: Martyn Newman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-17

Publisher: LID Publishing

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Self Development, Motivation & Inspiration

Publisher's Summary:

The Mindfulness Book returns to the original core ideas behind the practice of mindfulness and provides a concise, practical interpretation in light of contemporary psychology's best insights about how it works and how to practice it. Part one lays the foundation by describing the essential building blocks of mindfulness: what it is, how it works, and, most importantly, what it delivers. Part two explores the relationship of mindfulness to cognitive psychology and in particular examines practical psychological strategies for using mindfulness to develop greater self-awareness and conscious control over both your state of mind and your behavior. Part three explores four powerful applications of mindfulness, and part four considers the challenges of living mindfully including managing stress and work. To help you develop your mindfulness practice, each chapter provides practical takeaways and guided audio files.

Whatever your goal - creating a more peaceful and focused mind, enjoying greater well-being, establishing more meaningful relationships, fulfilling your career ambitions, or creating a more balanced lifestyle - The Mindfulness Book provides you with time-proven insights and practical strategies for living a more peaceful, productive, and creative life.

Members Reviews:

Distills the important things in an easily readable manner

This was a great introduction to mindfulness. I found that the set-out of the book suited my style of reading a couple chapters at a time. Dr Newman explains the concepts and practices simply and concisely. He does not get weighed down by detailed explanations of ancient cultural practices but manages to distill the important things in an easily readable manner. I particularly liked the way he linked ancient wisdom with modern research as well as the short audio tapes to guide mindfulness practice.

There are many insights that I was not aware of, for example, an in-breath stimulates the sympathetic nervous system while an out-breath stimulates the opposite parasympathetic system. So to induce relaxation focus on the out-breath or to heighten alertness focus on the in-breath. This explains the ancient practice of relaxation of counting a breath-out for twice as long as an in-breath.

Lastly, an example of the way Dr Newman convinced me that a mindfulness practice would be beneficial -