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Author:

Williams, Mark.

Title:

Mindfulness : an eight-week plan for finding peace in a frantic world / Mark Williams and Danny Penman ; foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn.

Publisher:

Rodale Books,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

276 p.

Subject:

Meditation--Therapeutic use.
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy--Popular works.

Other Authors:

Penman, Danny, 1966-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"Everyday life is so frantic and full of troubles that we have largely forgotten how to live a joyful existence. We try so hard to be happy that we often end up missing the most important parts of our lives. In Mindfulness, Oxford professor Mark Williams and award-winning journalist Danny Penman reveal the secrets to living a happier and less anxious, stressful, and exhausting life. Based on the techniques of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, the unique program developed by Williams and his colleagues, the book offers simple and straightforward forms of mindfulness meditation that can be done by anyone--and it can take just 10 to 20 minutes a day for the full benefits to be revealed"-- Provided by publisher.
"From one of the leading thinkers on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, a pioneering set of simple practices to dissolve anxiety, stress, exhaustion, and unhappiness. Everyday life is so frantic and full of troubles that we have largely forgotten how to live a joyful existence. We try so hard to be happy that we often end up missing the most important parts of our lives. In Mindfulness, Oxford professor Mark Williams and award-winning journalist Danny Penman reveal the secrets to living a happier and less anxious, stressful, and exhausting life. Based on the techniques of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, the unique program developed by Williams and his colleagues, the book offers simple and straightforward forms of mindfulness meditation that can be done by anyone--and it can take just 10 to 20 minutes a day for the full benefits to be revealed. "-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1609611985
9781609611989 (hardback)

LCCN:

2011030548

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