A Practical Guide to Mindful Meditation - Hardcover

Bunting, Michael; Kearney, Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 099454362X ISBN 13: 9780994543622

Publisher: Worksmart Australia, 2016

Synopsis

What is mindful meditation and how can it improve my life?

You hear people talking about it. You may have read researchabout its benefits. Perhaps you've even dabbled in it yourself. You have asense that it could really make a difference in your life. You're open andwilling to learn.

But you're not quite sure how to do it--and more importantly,you don't understand why you should do it.

This book is for you. This practical, step-by-step guidedemystifies mindfulness and meditation and teaches you exactly how it benefitsyou and how to do it. After reading this book, you'll understand how meditationcan be a game-changer for you. And as you do it, you'll no longer sit in achair feeling silly and wondering, 'Am I doing this right?' You'll meditatewith confidence, and enjoy greater self-awareness, peace, joy, and fulfilment.

Read this book to learn:

- What mindfulness is and how it can change your life. - How tomeditate using the four foundations of mindfulness. - How to cultivate thestates and mindsets associated with true happiness. - How to navigate some ofthe more challenging aspects of mindfulness practice. - How mindfulness opensyour heart and makes you more grateful, loving and compassionate.- How todevelop mindfulness and self-awareness in your daily life.

This book is full of practical exercises and meditations thatare also available as audio downloads at mindfulmeditationbook.com/bonus

About this title

About the Author

Michael Bunting

Michael Bunting is the founder of the leadership consultancy WorkSmartAustralia. WorkSmart consults to organisations ranging from globalmultinationals through to medium-sized businesses in the area ofleadership, mindfulness, engagement, alignment, values and culture.He is the author of The Mindful Leader andco-authored Extraordinary Leadership in Australia & NewZealand with Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, the world's premierresearchers and authors in the field of leadership. He also teachesMindful Leadership for Sydney University's award-winning Global ExecutiveMBA.

Michael regularly contributes articles for industry magazinesincluding CEO Magazine, BRW, SmartCompany and InsideHR. He has also appeared on Sky Business News and several radio stations.He delivers large-scale keynote presentations at industry events, tradeshows and company off-sites, his most recent talkon mindfulness being rated as 100% good-excellent.

Michael has kept a disciplined personal mindfulness practice for over 23years and has taught mindful leadership to businesses and government formore than 16 years. Michael holds two business degrees and a postgraduatediploma in mindfulness-based psychotherapy.
He lives with his family in Sydney, Australia.

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Patrick Kearney

Patrick Kearney is a mindfulness teacher in the lineage of Mahasi Sayadawof Myanmar, a key figure in the modern revival of mindfulness meditation.He began mindfulness practice in 1976, and has trained extensively in boththe Insight and Zen traditions. 

Patrick teaches intensive mindfulness meditation retreats throughoutAustralia and Asia, as well as workshops and academic courses in thetheory and practice of mindfulness. He has studied early Buddhism atpost-graduate levels, and brings his understanding of the originaltexts regarding mindfulness and its practice to the contemporary world.

He lives with his family in Brisbane, Australia

Edition details

• Publisher: Worksmart Australia
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 099454362X
• ISBN 13: 9780994543622
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 154