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By adopting the ancient Buddhist practice of mindfulness meditation, we can learn to pay attention to our daily experience and become more contented and fulfilled by daily activities.Many of us find it difficult to simply appreciate the present moment. We either dwell on the past or worry about the future, moving mindlessly from one activity to the next. When we are not being mindful, we miss out on small moments that are often incredibly valuable – be it a beautiful park that we walk through on our journey to work or the taste and texture of a delicious meal. In mindfulness meditation we pay attention to our ongoing experience whether it is pleasant – such as appreciating a beautiful sunny day; unpleasant – a disagreement with a loved one; or neutral – doing household chores. This 'Little Pocket Book' is the perfect introduction to mindfulness and is packed with easy-to-follow tips and suggestions that will allow you to incorporate simple mindful moments into your daily life.

“...the perfect guide for those starting out on the road to wellness.” Natural Health magazine.Experience a year of living mindfully with weekly activities and practices, plus workbook pages to fill in, that will help you enjoy a more stress-free, contented and fulfilled life.Anna Black believes we can see our essential nature as the blue sky and our experience, good and bad, simply as impersonal weather that obscures it from time to time. We can’t stop the difficult times occurring, but we can help ourselves through them by connecting with our essential nature through mindfulness, weekly activities and meditations to cultivate present moment awareness. The emphasis is on progressing at your own pace and cultivating a spirit of curiosity about the moments that make up your life. To help you do this, included throughout are notebook pages, where you can explore your experience. Anna suggests ways to actively cultivate qualities that build our emotional resilience in the same way we may exercise to improve our physical fitness. We can learn to handle difficult emotions and to respond to our experience rather than being hijacked by it.

Experience what it is like to live in the moment with this beautifully illustrated journal, specially designed to help you develop your own mindfulness practice.My Mindfulness Journal provides a way to introduce and integrate mindfulness into your life. Keeping a journal naturally encourages us to reflect on our experience. Reflection is a key part of mindfulness, as it requires an attitude of curiosity and also helps us to set an intention for our practice. Anna Black explains what mindfulness is and how it can help us to have less stress and more contentment, then offers guided exercises and activities that will help you record and reflect your experience with curiosity and without judgment. As well as writing and drawing exercises, there are also a variety of meditation practices, including working with our breath and focusing on the body, and pages where you can note down your own observations and thoughts. As you work through the book, you will not only discover that mindfulness practice becomes a more natural way of being, but have a vaulable record of your journey.

Short and simple meditations that can be used throughout the working day to reduce stress, strengthen focus and concentration, enhance working relationships and improve the quality of your day.By applying the principles of mindfulness to our working lives, we can become aware of our habitual negative thoughts and behaviours and learn to recognize and manage the warning signs of stress, which is an all-too-common part of modern life. The rise of digital media means that many people never really “switch off” from work and the culture of presenteeism means many people spend more time at work than ever before. Many people spend a lot of time either ruminating on previous problems or worrying about future work-related issues. Mindfulness expert Anna Black's simple but effective practices will help you to perform well, minimize stress, and be more productive at work. Anna’s suggestions are applicable to both office-based workers and those who work from home and she covers a range of topics including working mindfully with others, paying mindful attention in meetings and using meditation to cope with stressful situations.

With mindfulness meditation, we can learn to pay attention to our daily experience and become more contented and fulfilled by daily activities.Many of us find it difficult to simply appreciate the present moment. We either dwell on the past or worry about the future, moving mindlessly from one activity to the next. When we are not being mindful, we miss out on small moments that are often incredibly valuable – be it a beautiful park that we walk through on our journey to work, or the taste and texture of a delicious meal. In mindfulness meditation we pay attention to our ongoing experience whether it is pleasant – such as appreciating a beautiful sunny day; unpleasant – a disagreement with a loved one; or neutral – doing household chores. This 'Little Pocket Book' is the perfect introduction to mindfulness and is packed with easy-to-follow tips and suggestions that will allow you to incorporate simple mindful moments into your daily life.

Start paying attention to the moments that make up the everyday and, step by step, begin to change your life for the better.Mindfulness is about opening to all experience: the good, the bad and the neutral. By noticing what is happening in your body and what emotions are arising, you can learn to “simply be” with these experiences and choose how to respond. These 60 short and simple meditations will cultivate the skills you need to improve your relationships, be more contented and fulfilled, enjoy better emotional and physical health, and manage stress. These easy and accessible exercises from highly qualified mindfulness practitioner, Anna Black, can be used by everybody, anywhere, and at any time. From core skills, such as tuning into the breath and the body at the bus stop, to practicing mindfulness during everyday tasks such as eating, showering or walking, to foundational practices for building tolerance, empathy and inner strength, this practical guide demonstrates how to cultivate a mindful attitude that will transform your everyday life.

A thoughtful guide specially designed to help you experience what it is like to live in the moment, notice and cultivate those moments, and weave mindfulness into your daily life.In this contemplative guide Anna Black explains how to connect with your personal values and set intentions for living in a way that aligns with the things that are important to you, for a less stressful and more contented life.She offers easy ways to introduce and integrate mindfulness into your day, from noticing your breath to eating mindfully, and invites you to reflect on your daily experiences with curiosity and without judgment.As well as writing and drawing exercises that will help you to observe, record and reflect on the things that bring you contentment, there are activities that will help you to cultivate helpful and nourishing experiences in your everyday life, from meditation practices and small acts of kindness to a tech detox challenge.As you work through the book, you will begin to develop a mindfulness practice that is personal to you, aligns with your core values, and brings a deep sense of fulfilment.

SHORT and SIMPLE meditations to use throughout your working day to REDUCE STRESS, strengthen FOCUS and CONCENTRATION and IMPROVE THE QUALITY of your day.Do you feel like you’re working more than ever before? Do you find it difficult to ‘switch off’ from work? Does your job sometimes lead you to become overwhelmed or anxious? If so, you are not alone – but this guide can help.Mindfulness expert Anna Black’s simple but effective practices will help you to perform well, minimise stress, enhance working relationships and be more productive at work.Striking the right balance between work and personal life can feel challenging, but by applying the principles of mindfulness to our working lives, we can become aware of our habitual negative thoughts and behaviours and learn to recognise and manage the warning signs of stress – an all-too-common part of modern life.Anna’s suggestions are applicable to both office-based workers and those who work from home and she covers a range of topics including working mindfully with others, paying mindful attention in meetings and using meditation to cope with stressful situations. Balancing Act is a fantastic new edition of Mindfulness at Work.