The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness

How Mindfulness Can Change Your Life in Ten Minutes a Day

By: Andy Puddicombe

Narrated by: Andy Puddicombe

This program was previously published as Get Some Headspace: How Mindfulness can Change Your Life in Ten Minutes a Day.

Quiet the mind, feel less stressed, less tired, and achieve a new level of calm and fulfillment in just ten minutes a day

Andy Puddicombe, a former Buddhist monk, the Voice of Headspace, and the UK’s foremost mindfulness expert, is on a mission: to get people to take 10 minutes out of their day to sit in the here and now.

Like his readers and students, Andy began his own meditation practice as a normal, busy person with everyday concerns, and he has since designed a program of mindfulness and guided meditation that fits neatly into a jam-packed daily routine—proving that just 10 minutes a day can make a world of difference.

Accessible and portable, The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness offers simple but powerful meditation techniques that positively impact every area of physical and mental health: from productivity and focus, to stress and anxiety relief, sleep, weight-loss, personal relationships...the benefits are limitless. The result? More headspace, less stress. Andy brings this ancient practice into the modern world, tailor made for the most time starved among us.

Switch off after work * Fall asleep at night * Feel less anxious, sad, or angry * Control your cravings * Find a healthy weight

Critic reviews

<p>“[Puddicombe] teaches techniques that can be practiced on a crowded subway or even while wolfing a sandwich during a quick lunch break at your desk.... Ed Halliwell [<i>The Guardian</i>] said Mr. Puddicombe is 'doing for meditation what someone like Jamie Oliver has done for food.' And like Mr. Oliver, he's ready to conquer the United States.” —<i>The New York Times</i><br><br>“The expert's expert.” —<i>The Times (UK)</i><br><br>“There is definitely no religion, and nothing touchy-feely about the [Headspace] workshop… By the end of the day, with the online resources for support, I feel equipped to join the ranks of those who make daily meditation part of their busy lives.” —<i>Time Out</i><br><br>“Om's the word, meet the <i>Sunday Times Style</i>'s amazing new meditation guru.” —<i>Sunday Times Style (UK)</i><br><br>“Andy bubbles over with enthusiasm and is so easy to follow that most of us leave convinced and with every intention of an attempt to sustain our relaxed/alert state.” —<i>Easy Living Magazine</i><br><br>“Mindfulness is a hot topic in neuroscience. I consider the techniques in this book essential for maintaining a healthy brain and a happy mind. Andy is living proof that the ancient practice of mindfulness benefits modern day living.” —<i>Dr. Elena Antonova, Neuroscientist, King's College London</i></p>

love andy!

soothing. informative. helpful. simple explanations . I am now meditating twice a day. has made quite an impact.

A++++ will listen again

If you’re wondering, as I was: “I already use the app, is the book worth it?”

Yes. I can’t recommend it enough, *especially* if you already use the app or otherwise train in meditation.

I’ve been using the Headspace app on and (mostly) off for about a year. Not as often as I should, there’s at least a month or so I’d completely forgotten about it. But I kept coming back.

For a week or two before getting this though, I’d gone gangbusters on meditation and mindfulness. Something just clicked in my head. Suddenly I went from a few times a week to two, even three times a day, even starting to do unguided meditations. I couldn’t get enough.

Strangely enough, during this time, my mind just seemed like it was getting worse and worse the more I meditated, it was all over the place, which had never happened. It got so bad it began to concern me, so I figured I’d give this book a listen, at the very least I already knew he had a nice calming voice, so maybe it would calm me down.

To my surprise, he addressed the very problem I was having very early on in the book, in a very amusing story about “blaming the meditation”, as the same thing had happened to him.

I won’t ruin the story, but suffice to say it’s normal to feel this way at a certain point in your journey, and many other ways in other points, and the book really explains a lot of things more deeply than the app can.

Remove the meditation myths and learn a better way!

This amazing author shares his pitfalls in meditating during his years in the monasteries as a monk seeking enlightenment and reveals simple ways to become mindful. Ten minutes is all he suggests. Then he continues with practices for eating, walking, running,and getting a great night of sleep.
His voice is mesmerizing with the adorable British accent. If you read one book this year, this is the one. Then practice with the free app. Life is great!!!

Lovely Book

A practical, useful, and sober manual on meditation and mindfulness. Great stuff and highly entertaining listen. Cannot recommend enough.

An amazing book!

This is an amazing book. It's an unusually comprehensive look into the principles, techniques and applications of mindfulness and meditation. A true potential life changer. I was captivated from beginning to end and will be referring to it again and again.