Mindfulness: The Basics
Mindfulness: The Basics provides a comprehensive introduction to what mindfulness is, how and why it’s useful, and guidance for practice.

Mindfulness practice can help reduce anxiety, stress, and low mood, giving way to creativity, happiness, and tranquillity. It also offers us a way in which to acknowledge the limitations and challenges inherent in the human condition. This book covers a brief history of mindfulness, its applications, a review of the current evidence base, as well as some key debates in the field. Divided into three broad sections, this book explores: understanding mindfulness, practicing mindfulness, and future directions. Chapters particularly emphasise the role mindfulness can play in addressing the major environmental, social and political challenges of our time. The book also contains a glossary of key terms, chapter summaries, diagrams and an e-resource of audio-guided practices. This book is essential for anyone interested in learning more about practising mindfulness.

Students of mindfulness, as well as those in healthcare training programmes (such as nursing, medicine, psychology, and psychotherapy) will find this an invaluable guide.

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Mindfulness: The Basics
Mindfulness: The Basics provides a comprehensive introduction to what mindfulness is, how and why it’s useful, and guidance for practice.

Mindfulness practice can help reduce anxiety, stress, and low mood, giving way to creativity, happiness, and tranquillity. It also offers us a way in which to acknowledge the limitations and challenges inherent in the human condition. This book covers a brief history of mindfulness, its applications, a review of the current evidence base, as well as some key debates in the field. Divided into three broad sections, this book explores: understanding mindfulness, practicing mindfulness, and future directions. Chapters particularly emphasise the role mindfulness can play in addressing the major environmental, social and political challenges of our time. The book also contains a glossary of key terms, chapter summaries, diagrams and an e-resource of audio-guided practices. This book is essential for anyone interested in learning more about practising mindfulness.

Students of mindfulness, as well as those in healthcare training programmes (such as nursing, medicine, psychology, and psychotherapy) will find this an invaluable guide.

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Mindfulness: The Basics

Mindfulness: The Basics

Mindfulness: The Basics

Mindfulness: The Basics

Overview

Mindfulness: The Basics provides a comprehensive introduction to what mindfulness is, how and why it’s useful, and guidance for practice.

Mindfulness practice can help reduce anxiety, stress, and low mood, giving way to creativity, happiness, and tranquillity. It also offers us a way in which to acknowledge the limitations and challenges inherent in the human condition. This book covers a brief history of mindfulness, its applications, a review of the current evidence base, as well as some key debates in the field. Divided into three broad sections, this book explores: understanding mindfulness, practicing mindfulness, and future directions. Chapters particularly emphasise the role mindfulness can play in addressing the major environmental, social and political challenges of our time. The book also contains a glossary of key terms, chapter summaries, diagrams and an e-resource of audio-guided practices. This book is essential for anyone interested in learning more about practising mindfulness.

Students of mindfulness, as well as those in healthcare training programmes (such as nursing, medicine, psychology, and psychotherapy) will find this an invaluable guide.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781032586434
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 11/24/2025
Series: The Basics
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sophie Sansom is Co-Director of the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (CMRP) at Bangor University where she teaches on the Master’s programme. She sits on the International Panel of Acknowledgement (IPA) for the European Association of Mindfulness-based Approaches and is chair of the British Association of Mindfulness-based Approaches (BAMBA).

David Shannon is a Senior Psychologist at St. Luke’s Radiation-Oncology Hospital, Dublin with a special interest in the application of mindfulness in oncology and palliative care. He previously taught on and led the Master’s programme at the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (CMRP) at Bangor University.

Taravajra lives in Sussex and has a Master's degree in mindfulness from Bangor University. He trains teachers in the English and Spanish speaking worlds, locally with the Sussex Mindfulness Centre and internationally with the Mindfulness Network. He also guides mindfulness retreats. He is currently the UK member of the International Integrity Network (IMI).

Table of Contents

Section I: Background

Chapter 1          What is mindfulness?

Chapter 2          Where does mindfulness come from?

Chapter 3          How does mindfulness work?

Chapter 4          Why practice mindfulness?

Section II: Practice

Chapter 5          Clarifying intention

Chapter 6          Finding your ground: The body scan practice

Chapter 7          Taking the practice into life: Movement and stillness

Chapter 8          Deepening stillness: The sitting practice

Chapter 9          Weaving it in: Shorter mindfulness practices

Section III: Application

Chapter 10       Mindfulness in the mainstream

Chapter 11       Meeting the meta crisis with mindfulness

Chapter 12       The Human Condition: Beyond suffering and flourishing

 

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