Mental Meditation

In this collection, expert Headspace mindfulness and meditation teachers guide you through seven 25-minute themed walks to help you connect with yourself and the world around you. Each walk is rooted in mindfulness-based stress reduction and other therapeutic techniques from Headspace’s teachers and mental health clinicians.

From elementary schools to psychotherapy offices, mindfulness meditation is an increasingly mainstream practice. At the same time, trauma remains a fact of life. Drawing on a decade of research and clinical experience, psychotherapist and educator David Treleaven shows that mindfulness meditation - practiced without an awareness of trauma - can exacerbate symptoms of traumatic stress. This raises a crucial question: How can we minimize the potential dangers of mindfulness for survivors while leveraging its powerful benefits?

Spiritual teacher Thomas Hübl has spent years investigating why it is that old and seemingly disconnected traumas can seed their way through communities and across generations. His work culminates in Healing Collective Trauma, a new perspective on trauma that addresses both its visible effects and its most hidden roots. Thomas combines deep knowledge of mystical traditions with the latest scientific research. "In this way", writes Thomas, "we are weaving a double helix between ancient wisdom and contemporary understanding".

In this collection, expert Headspace mindfulness and meditation teachers guide you through seven 25-minute themed walks to help you process and navigate challenging emotions. Each walk is rooted in mindfulness-based stress reduction and other therapeutic techniques from Headspace’s teachers and mental health clinicians.

In this collection, expert Headspace mindfulness and meditation teachers guide you through seven 25-minute themed walks to help you reset, clear your mind, and feel more grounded. Each walk is rooted in mindfulness-based stress reduction and other therapeutic techniques from Headspace’s teachers and mental health clinicians.

Two New York Times best-selling authors unveil new research showing what meditation can really do for the brain. In the last 20 years, meditation and mindfulness have gone from being kind of cool to becoming an omnipresent Band-Aid for fixing everything from your weight to your relationship to your achievement level. Unveiling here the kind of cutting-edge research that has made them giants in their fields, Daniel Goleman and Richard J Davidson show us the truth about what meditation can really do for us.

Step into Serenity: Your Journey Awaits Discover a sanctuary within your mind. Written by psychologist Anne E. Beall, this book takes you on a series of serene adventures, from secluded forests to calm beaches, immersing you in vivid, tranquil scenes that foster relaxation and peace. You'll become engrossed in these meditation journeys, each guiding you deeper into its unique setting. As the main character of every story, you embark on a richly detailed adventure, with vivid imagery that transforms you into an active participant. Whether you're wandering along pristine beaches, paddling to ...

In Eastern Body, Western Mind, chakra authority Anodea Judith has brought a fresh approach to the yoga-based Eastern chakra system, adapting it to the Western framework of Jungian psychology, somatic therapy, childhood developmental theory, and metaphysics. Illuminated with personal anecdotes and case studies, Eastern Body, Western Mind seamlessly merges the East and West, science and philosophy, and psychology and spirituality into a compelling interpretation of the chakra system and its relevance for Westerners today.

Since 1966, a self-made man named Jose Silva has spread his message to over 5,000,000 people worldwide. The message: within our minds is the power to solve any problem, overcome any difficulty, and reach a consistent level of dynamic well-being.

What if the ancient Stoic philosophers could coach you through today’s toughest challenges? In this powerful and inspiring guide, award-winning global health scholar Raywat Deonandan distills the enduring wisdom of Stoicism into 89 actionable lessons designed to forge mental toughness, resilience, and unshakeable inner strength. Drawing on the teachings of Zeno, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and other Stoic masters, this book offers practical strategies to help you stay calm in chaos, make wiser decisions, and live with deeper purpose and self-mastery. Whether you're facing personal...

Are you struggling with chronic pain and looking for better ways to manage it? In Living Well with Chronic Pain, award-winning author Barb Grant draws from over 30 years of personal experience to provide a powerful, evidence-based guide to coping with chronic pain. This groundbreaking book takes you beyond just medications to a more holistic, integrated approach to managing chronic pain and thriving. Through Grant's intimate and honest narrative, you'll discover practical strategies for: Managing sudden pain spikes Communicating more effectively with your doctor Managing your mental health ...

I propose a plan for 21 days for you to incorporate meditation into your life. A cycle well-known by scientists to be especially helpful in making beneficial changes in your life.The first part is theoretical and the second is practice. But don't worry; I don't give too much theory, only what it is necessary, since the objective is clearly practical: to learn how to meditate. In the practical part I explain the exercises you will be doing from day to day.

Meditation offers, in addition to its many other benefits, a method for achieving previously inconceivable levels of concentration. Author B. Alan Wallace has nearly 30 years' practice in attention-enhancing meditation, including a retreat he performed under the guidance of the Dalai Lama. An active participant in the much-publicized dialogues between Buddhists and scientists, Alan is uniquely qualified to speak intelligently to both camps, and The Attention Revolution is the definitive presentation of his knowledge.

In Neurodharma, the follow up to his classic Buddha’s Brain, New York Times best-selling author Rick Hanson, PhD, not only explores the new neuroscience of awakening, but also offers a bold yet plausible plan for reverse-engineering peak experiences, sense of oneness, and even enlightenment itself. And he does so with his trademark blend of solid science and warm encouragement, guiding you along this high-reaching path with good humor, accessible tools, and personal examples.

It’s been proven for many years that guided meditation is one of the most powerful alternative practices for shifting thought patterns and alleviating emotional distress. We all know how hard it is to succeed at something without a certain level of inner strength. Tim Grover, former personal trainer of NBA athletes like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Dwayne Wade, said it like this: “Mental Toughness doesn’t guarantee you’ll win, but playing without it pretty much guarantees you won’t.”

Tara Brach is an in-the-trenches teacher whose work counters today's ever-increasing onslaught of news, conflict, demands, and anxieties - stresses that leave us rushing around on auto-pilot and cut off from the presence and creativity that give our lives meaning. In this heartfelt and deeply practical audiobook, she offers an antidote: an easy-to-learn four-step meditation that quickly loosens the grip of difficult emotions and limiting beliefs.

A healthy mind is the most powerful tool that each of us needs to take everyday good decisions! ✓✓✓ we often mistakenly think we can control emotions without knowing how they are generated in us and without understanding the root of some of our behaviors Do you let yourself be guided by negative thoughts that block you in anxieties and fears? Do negative emotions take over and lead you to commit actions that are harmful to yourself and others? Do you find yourself struggling against a part of yourself, thinking that it is wrong and feeling a sense of torture? Don't you have any of ...

If you regularly eat when you're not truly hungry, choose unhealthy comfort foods, or eat beyond fullness, something is out of balance. The good news is that the brain can be rewired for optimal emotional health. When Food Is Comfort presents a breakthrough mindfulness practice called inner nurturing, a comprehensive, step-by-step program developed by an author who was herself an emotional eater.

From one of America's greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness. In Why Buddhism Is True, Wright leads listeners on a journey through psychology, philosophy, and a great many silent retreats to show how and why meditation can serve as the foundation for a spiritual life in a secular age.

Each of us has a dual nature: we are light (conscious) and dark (unconscious). The dark side of our personality - the “other,” the shadow side - is made up of what we think is our primitive, primal, negative impulses - our “existential kink.” Our existential kink also drives the dark or negative repeating patterns in our life: always choosing the abusive partner or boss, settling for less, thinking that we’re undeserving, not worthy. But it also is the source of our greatest power.