Full name: How to Train a Wild Elephant: And Other Adventures in Mindfulness

Author: Jan Chozen Bays Year: 2011 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Religion, Psychology, Self help Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781590308172 1590308174

A growing body of research is showing that mindfulness can reduce stress, improve physical health, and improve one's overall quality of life. Jan Chozen Bays, MD--physician and Zen teacher--has developed a series of simple practices to help us cultivate mindfulness as we go about our ordinary, daily lives. Exercises include: taking three deep breaths before answering the phone, noticing and adjusting your posture throughout the day, eating mindfully, and leaving no trace of yourself after using the kitchen or bathroom. Each exercise is presented with tips on how to remind yourself and a short life lesson connected with it. Similar books: Mindfulness for Beginners by Jon Kabat-Zinn Just One Thing by Rick Hanson 10% Happier by Dan Harris Get Some Headspace by Andy Puddicombe Real Happiness by Sharon Salzberg Coming to Our Senses by Jon Kabat-Zinn Search Inside Yourself by Chade-Meng Tan A Handful of Quiet by Thich Nhat Hanh Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics by Dan Harris A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled by Ruby Wax Five Good Minutes by Jeffrey Brantley Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn Mindfulness in Plain English by Henepola Gunaratana Happiness by Thich Nhat Hanh True Refuge by Tara Brach If the Buddha Got Stuck by Charlotte Kasl Feeding Your Demons by Tsultrim Allione Words That Hurt, Words That Heal by Joseph Telushkin Dark Nights of the Soul by Thomas Moore