Mindfulness - Breathe In Breathe Out: A brief introduction with audio tracks

by Ivana Straska Szakal

Overview

MINDFULNESS - BREATHE IN BREATHE OUT

A brief introduction with audio tracks.

Ivana Straska Szakal provides a quick guide to get started with mindfulness to help the reader to benefit from mindfulness. Following the lessons in these pages the reader finds easy steps helping them to be healthier and happier when living mindfully. This book sees Szakal answering: What is mindfulness? How can a modern individual benefit from mindfulness? How can be mindfulness developed in everyday life? The uniqueness of this book is to allow anyone who wishes to try mindfulness to do it effortlessly and to do it with the economy of time. The free downloadable audio tracks assist in establishing a routine and understanding. Szakal's approach is to apply mindfulness in a very practical and secular way. In a simple language she navigates the modern reader through developing their first experience with mindfulness to ease stress and achieve positive change. A self-help book in simple language & easy steps

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781999826628
Publisher:	Ivana
Publication date:	10/25/2017
Pages:	44
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.09(d)

Table of Contents

PART ONE: THE BEGINNING

1 UNDERSTANDING

1.1. Is this the Right Time

1.2. What Is Mindfulness

1.3. Why Should We Cultivate Mindfulness

1.3.1. Mindfulness Has Many Benefits

1.4. Does Science Support Mindfulness

2 MINDFULNESS THROUGH MEDITATION

2.1. How To Progress

2.1.1. Ability to Relax

2.1.2. Practise Patience

2.2. Set the Routine

2.3. Place

2.4. How to Start

2.4.1. General Rules

2.4.2. A Few Tips to Advance

PART TWO: MINDFULNESS IN STAGES

3 CURIOSITY

3.1. Aspects of Mindfulness

3.2. Why is Curiosity Important

3.3. What To Do

3.4. How To Do It

3.5. Examples How to Enhance Curiosity

4 AWARENESS

4.1. Why Do We Increase Awareness

4.2. What To Do

4.3. How To Do It

5 ACCEPTANCE

5.1. Why Do We Exercise Acceptance

5.2. What To Do

5.3. How To Do It

6 FOCUS

6.1. Why Do We Change Focus?

6.2. What To Do

6.3. How To Do It

7 COMMUNICATION

7.1. What Is Mindful Communication

7.2. What To Do

7.3. How To Do It

8 COMPASSION

8.1. Why Do We Learn Compassion

8.2. What To Do

8.3. How To Do It

9 KINDNESS

9.1. Why Kindness

9.2. What to Do

9.3. How To Do It

PART THREE: IN SUMMARY

10 LIVING MINDFULLY

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

RESOURCES

Editorial Reviews

Within the past few decades, there has been a surge of scientific interest in the investigation of mindfulness both in its psychological impact and as a form of clinical intervention. A mindfulness based approach has earned increasing respect in medicine, for certain treatments and prevention. There is a huge and ever growing base of evidence confirming the benefits from scientific studies with positive outcomes.

Mindfulness has been offered as a complementary treatment for those suffering a variety of ailments including chronic pain through mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR), mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and more. Mindfulness is also offered as continuous help to people having suffered certain difficult conditions to prevent their relapse and maintain health.

Mindfulness is simply available for anyone who wants to maintain a healthy life.

…Through childhood we have an inherent and insatiable curiosity but for whatever reason, as we grow, this intense curiosity stops. We want to re-introduce curiosity into ordinary daily life to re-discover the charming world. Explore the notion of doing things by noticing their impact. Remember when children ask never-ending questions about how the things work or why people do what they do, when we teach children to understand cause and effect. For this practice we use normal daily activities such as driving, walking, eating, reading, writing.... you name it.

…There are plenty of situations we encounter daily that give us opportunity to practise: waiting in a queue, having additional work assigned by a boss, being trapped in a traffic jam, missing a train, losing keys, arriving late, our child failing a test, reading the news about a politician we don’t agree with, having financial difficulties, having a heated argument with parents, etc. The list of situations we might struggle to accept is endless.

We also deliberately exercise acceptance of ourselves. We might make mistakes, wrong decisions, or even we might be too critical about our appearance or limits. When we notice that we are critical and judgmental we instantly exercise acceptance. “It is as it is” is our new personal statement we wish to identify with. To enhance acceptance we must always base our judgement on facts rather than feelings.

…Relationships can in one way or another powerfully impact on our life experience. Fruitful relationships improve overall wellbeing and happiness. They offer comfort and intensify security. When we become mindful we realize that we need balanced relationships. The crucial part of relationships is communication.

Not everyone is good in self-expression and mindfulness is a great helper to develop effective self-expression. Sometime we might have difficulties to say what we think, or to say no when we are asked to do something. We might think rejecting someone’s requests or additional tasks would be wrong. Mindfulness can help in making this become easier. Through mindful communication we learn to express ourselves in a respectful way which strengthens our position.

…Mindfulness in communication improves relationships. Rather than being a non-constructive critic we become a conscious listener and positively contribute to a relationship. Mindful communication helps in staying grounded and recognizing limits that might negatively impact on relationships. Through mindful communication we better understand personal accountability, how we and others contribute to a relationship.

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