Mindful Meditations: Simple Meditations to Manage Stress, Practice Gratitude, and Find Joy in Everyda

by Susan Gregg

Overview

Reduce stress, improve mental health, and find peace within

Meditation is a powerful tool with well-documented benefits, including lowering anxiety, enhancing self-awareness, and improving sleep. Learn how to quiet your mind and improve the quality of your life with simple techniques and visualizations. Release your limitations, enjoy life more deeply and passionately, and approach each day with mindfulness and gratitude.

Author Susan Gregg is a spiritual teacher and life coach with a gift for teaching others how to live joyfully and lovingly. Mindful Meditations includes:

An exploration on the power of the mind—and how reframing your thoughts can allow you to release judgment and fear

Guidance on how to meditate—anytime, anywhere

Brief meditations to refocus, connect, and inspire creativity

Tools to tap into your inner wisdom and say "yes" to what you really want

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780744056969
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	05/10/2022
Series:	The Awakened Life
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Susan Gregg is a life coach and author of 14 books, including The Encyclopedia of Angels and The Toltec Way. She is a Toltec Master and Nagual woman; a Karuna Reiki Master and energy healer. For more than three decades, she has devoted her life to teaching people how to create a life beyond their wildest imaginings. Susan lives on the beautiful island of Hawai'i, where she enjoys gardening and caring for the animals she has rescued over the years.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Mindfulness, Meditation, and Your Brain 9

Chapter 1 Mindfulness, Meditations, and Happiness 11

The Amazing Brain 12

What Are Guided Meditations? 15

Do I Really Have to Quack Like a Duck? 16

Seeing Is Believing 17

Work That Muscle We Call the Mind! 18

Chapter 2 Going Deeper and Deeper 21

When Emotions Are in Charge 22

Shifting Gears 23

Finding Out What Works for You 24

The Rose 25

Some Thoughts on Meditation and Mindfulness 26

Mindfulness 27

Relaxing 28

Wide Awake, Feeling Fine 33

Part 2 Being Present for Your Life 35

Chapter 3 Making the Mundane Magical 37

Why Should I Love Work? 38

Enjoying the Process 41

Sensing Your Senses 44

Chapter 4 Mind Candy 49

Practicing Mindfulness 50

The Only One Who Matters Is You 54

Chapter 5 Lighten Up 59

Laughter as Medicine 60

Only You Can Light Up Your Life 63

Letting Go of Fear 67

Chapter 6 Life Is Grand 69

Imagine That! 70

Listening to Your Heart 71

Savor All of Life 74

Chapter 7 Making Your Heart Sing 81

Happiness Is a Choice 82

What Do You Want? 85

Dream Big 87

Being Good to Yourself 90

Part 3 How Else Can I Do That? 93

Chapter 8 Being Mindful, Releasing Stress 95

Limitless Living 96

About Time 101

What's Spirituality Got to Do with It? 104

Chapter 9 Wash That Brain 107

Beliefs Aren't the Truth 108

Expanding and Contracting 110

Assumptions 114

Everything Is Relative 116

Chapter 10 Tune-Ups 119

Energy in Motion 120

Vibrantly Alive 125

Chapter 11 Play Nice 131

Finding the Similarities 132

Where Does Their Part Begin? 136

Fear-Based Love or Love-Based Lave? 140

Chapter 12 Love Is 145

Love and Fear 146

Love Can Move Mountains 150

Love and Laughter 153

Part 4 So, Now What? 157

Chapter 13 Sweet Surrender 159

Resistance Is Futile 160

Making Life Easy 164

Being Happy 169

Chapter 14 Magic Happens 173

Your Limitless Nature 174

You Get What You See 177

What Do You Want More of? 181

Chapter 15 It's a Journey, Not a Destination 185

Actually Doing It 186

Having It All 189

Say Yes 191

Chapter 16 Where Do We Go from Here? 195

Your Life 196

Creating Bookends 199

The Choice Is Yours 202

Appedix A Resources 205

Appedix B Glossary 209

Index 211