The Complete Idiot's Guide to Mindfulness

by Anne Ihnen, Carolyn Flynn, Carolyn Flynn

Book Overview

Mind does matter. This guide shows readers how to embrace the Buddhist concept of living in the moment to help them cope with the bombardment of information, anxiety, stress, and pressure in their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592577679
• ISBN13: 9781592577675
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Alpha Books
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

don't let the name fool you...

Great book on Mindfulness--the new ~hot~ treatment in mental health. Give good overview in both clinical & everyday language. I use this book with clients in treatment, as well as with clinicians on treatment issues.

Great Beginner's Introduction to Mindfulness

I like how clear and well written this book is. The exercises help illustrate what and how mindfulness practices can be immediately used in one's own life. It also takes some of the mystery out of it by giving hands on practices to try. As a psychotherapist who has studied and read other text on this issue I find this book to be one of the most accessible of those I have read so far. I believe many people, including my colleagues and clients, could benefit from reading this book.

An excellent guide for contemporary life

This is a beautifully written, very thorough and helpful book for finding tranquility and truth in the midst of our crazy, multi-tasking, modern lives. The sequencing and pacing of the exercises and concepts are excellent, as are the extensive resource list and index. I know that I will repeatedly refer to various chapters of this book over time. Thank you to the authors for generously sharing their abundant wisdom, compassion, skills, stories, and ideas to enrich the lives of others.

Useful resource for clinician's and their clients!

As a long-time mental health counselor/psychotherapist who practices from an Existential-Buddhist perspective, this book is easy to read, explains concepts well, can be a very useful resource for clinicians; especially as a book to refer clients to who could benefit from mindfulness practice as part of their healing work. I'd highly recommend it!

Great Introduction to Mindfulness

This book provides a complete introduction to mindfulness, making a sometimes difficult and esoteric topic easy to understand. The reader will find practical ways to introduce mindfulness into their daily lives, as well as help with meditating. Although I had some idea of what mindfulness was before reading the book, I learned a lot of new things. I would highly recommend this book as a great introduction to mindfulness that carefully explains this complex buddhist concept in simple terms. Well written.