Mindfulness for Beginners: 48 Amazing Mindfulness Exercises to Help You Reduce Stress and Find Inner Peace That Lasts (ePub)

There are a number of misconceptions that surround the subject of mindfulness and mindfulness meditation. Mindfulness is the art of acceptance and non judgmental attention and focus on your emotions, thoughts and any sensations that occur in the present moment. Many clinical psychologists and psychiatrists have developed a number of therapeutic programs that are based on mindfulness since 1970. These programs are designed to help people that are experiencing many types of psychological conditions. Mindfulness is used in psychology to provide relief from a variety of mental and physical conditions, and has also been proved to reduce the symptoms of depression, reduce stress and anxiety and can also be an enormous help in the treatment of drug addiction. Mindfulness has gained an enormous following worldwide as a characteristic that enables people to handle their emotions in a controlled way. There have been a number of clinical studies that have recognized the mental health and physical benefits that highlight the benefits that can be brought about by mindfulness in general and mindfulness based stress reduction. The programs that are based on mindfulness based stress reduction and other similar models have been widely adopted today and are widely adapted to be used in prisons, schools, hospitals and many other environments. Mindfulness can be practiced by anyone, anywhere and for any length of time and is also an art that is easy to incorporate into your daily life. Mindfulness meditation can be practiced by closing your eyes and sitting either on a cushion, or chair, with a straight back. The focus is place on the movement of your stomach whilst breathing in and out or on awareness of your breath as you inhale and exhale. If thoughts come into your mind the idea is to let these go and return your focus to breathing. It is right to acknowledge that your mind has wandered but in an accepting and non-judgmental way. Mindfulness as a practice can be described as a way of paying attention in a particular way, deliberately in the present moment without passing judgment, and brings a person's complete attention to the here and now in a moment to moment basis. Mindfulness has become hugely popular as a practiced undertaken in daily life and is seen by many as a mode of being that can be practiced both in a formal and informal way in any setting. Since 2006, much research has been undertaken and this proves and supports mindfulness based therapies for a number of medical and psychiatric conditions, particularly chronic pain, stress, anxiety, depression, substance abuse and recurrent suicidal behavior. Whilst there are various specialist that have made criticisms of how mindfulness is described and the popularity of mindfulness as a commodity and many state that the popularity of mindfulness is a result of an elaborate marketing strategy that describes mindfulness as a well constructed dream; an idealized lifestyle and an identity makeover. This book will provide you with a good grounding of mindfulness and mindfulness relaxation that uses ways of breathing and many other practices that assist with the relaxation of the mind and body and is immensely helpful in the reduction of stress. By practicing mindfulness and mindfulness meditation you will learn to appreciate your life fully as you will be aware of every moment. By letting go of any preconceptions and learning to live without judging yourself you will learn to live a full, healthy and happy life.
Contents of the book:

Chapter 1 - What is mindfulness?
Chapter 2 - The benefits of Mindfulness
Chapter 3 - Buddhist perspective of mindfulness
Chapter 4 - Hindu perspective of mindfulness
Chapter 5 - Modern day mindfulness
And much more!