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    Real Life Mindfulness: Meditations for a Calm and Quiet Mind
    Real Life Mindfulness: Meditations for a Calm and Quiet Mind
    Real Life Mindfulness: Meditations for a Calm and Quiet Mind
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    Real Life Mindfulness: Meditations for a Calm and Quiet Mind

    By Elise Marie Collins and Becca Anderson

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    The calm and quiet mind

    Spiritual self care: Real Life Mindfulness is a series of reflections that can illuminate every aspect of life. Authors Elise Marie Collins and Becca Anderson offer readers guidance on using the opportune moments between everything else in life for spiritual self care. In the same way we lovingly tend a garden, so does our soul require nourishment and attention. Your happiness quotient will soar with the practices and meditations in Real Life Mindfulness.

    Control stress and anxiety: By following the suggestions in this gentle guide, you’ll be able to focus on becoming more fully awake to who you really are. In her own words, Elise Marie Collins adds, “People are overbooked, overcommitted and often feel lost and filled with anxiety. I went through this myself and found my way to back to myself through the practice of mindfulness. You can, too.” In just a few minutes a day, Real Life Mindfulness will bring you the calmness and clarity that an over-demanding schedule steals from you.

    Find serenity: A welcome respite for anyone whose gear shift is perpetually in overdrive, Real Life Mindfulness is an invitation to rest, find peace, awaken, and remember. It offers deceptively simple wisdom to help readers sharpen their senses, find serenity, and make room for life.

    What you'll learn from reading Real Life Mindfulness:

    • How daily mindfulness calms the mind and reduces stress
    • Why meditating is one of the healthiest things you can do
    • How to live in the moment, a place full of peace and happiness
    • How to get started meditating regularly, whether you are a beginner or just living a busy life
    • What it feels like when meditation focuses your brain and makes you smarter
    • How mindful objectivity and observation bring wisdom
    • How to see the beauty present in everything all around you
    • Nine different ways to meditate
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMango
    Release dateMar 13, 2018
    ISBN9781633535329
    Real Life Mindfulness: Meditations for a Calm and Quiet Mind
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    Elise Marie Collins

    A yoga instructor and spirituality blogger living in San Francisco, Elise's writing combines her love of ancient healing arts and scientific inquiry. She is currently instructing participants in a two year study on the effects of restorative yoga or stretching for metabolic syndrome. She's the author of Chakra Tonics, Essential Elixirs for Mind, Body and Spirit and An A-Z Guide to Healing Foods, A Shoppers Companion.

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      Book preview

      Real Life Mindfulness - Elise Marie Collins

      Real Life

      Mindfulness

      Also By Becca Anderson

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      Real Life Mindfulness:

      Meditations For a Calm and Quiet Mind

      Becca Anderson

      Mango Publishing

      Coral Gables, FL

      Copyright © 2018 Becca Anderson.

      Published by Mango Publishing Group, a division of Mango Media Inc.

      Cover Design: Roberto Nunez

      Layout & Design: Jermaine Lau

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      Real Life Mindfulness: Meditations for a Calm and Quiet Mind

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication has been applied for.

      ISBN: (paperback) 978-1-63353-531-2 (ebook) 978-1-63353-532-9

      BISAC category code OCC010000 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Mindfulness & Meditation SEL032000 SELF-HELP / Spiritual

      Printed in the United States of America

      I don’t personally believe in an arrived stated of enlightenment. I feel that being human is a constant practice of return. We have moments of clarity, and then we’re confused. We have incredibly sensitive periods of being awake and then we’re numb. Being human is a very universal and a very personal practice of learning how to return when we can’t get access to what we know.

      —Mark Nepo

      Contents

      Foreword: Master Mindfulness and You Will Master Your Life

      Introduction: What Is Mindfulness?

      Chapter One: Pay Attention to Everything—the Whole World and Yourself—with Love and Kindness

      Chapter Two: You Have What You Need, Now Accept It

      Chapter Three: Live in the Moment as If It Were the Last Moment You Had

      Chapter Four: See the Beauty That Is Already Present in the Little Things All Around You

      Chapter Five: Practice Mindfulness with Understanding and Intentionality; It Brings Wisdom

      Chapter Six: To Be Mindful Is to Be Objective, Non-Judgmental

      Chapter Seven: Mindfulness Is More than Just Awareness; It Is Intentional Awareness, and It Needs to Be Practiced

      Chapter Eight: Peace and Happiness Come from Within—Come from the Heart

      Chapter Nine: Instead of Looking to the Future, Look at Where You Are Now: You Have All You Need

      Conclusion: Get Out of Your Head and

      Back into Your Heart

      A Month of Mindfulness

      About the Authors

      Foreword

      Master Mindfulness and You Will Master Your Life

      People need mindfulness more than ever. The world has grown increasingly complicated and interdependent. The pace of life has accelerated tremendously and continues to move more and more quickly. Most people crave an antidote. Mindfulness provides a remedy. The practice of mindfulness simplifies, creates calm, and offers new ways to navigate the churning, uncharted waters of the digital age. What exactly is mindfulness, one may wonder. Although it’s a popular term, pinpointing the exact definition of mindfulness can be difficult. Do I have to get up early? Must I do some special ritual? Mindfulness remains and has always been something simple, yet quite profound. Mindfulness in its

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