The Mindful Geek: Secular Meditation for Smart Skeptics

The Mindful Geek details how to derive the benefits of mindfulness meditation without having to join a religion or drink metaphysical Kool-Aid. In the book, Michael Taft gives you step-by-step instructions in the powerful and reliable techniques of mindfulness meditation, and outlines the psychological and neuroscientific research underpinning these practices. An excellent book for beginners who are atheists, agnostics, and skeptics of all stripes who want help with anxiety, depression, and to enjoy life more.

Michael W. Taft is an author, editor, meditation teacher, andneuroscience junkie. He is currently a meditation coach specializing insecular, science-based meditation training in corporate settings andone-on-one sessions. Michael is the author of several books, includingthe upcoming The Mindful Geek, and Nondualism: A Brief History of a Timeless Concept, Ego (which he co-authored), as well as the editor of such books as Hardwiring Happiness by Rick Hanson and the upcoming The Science of Enlightenment by Shinzen Young.

Michael has taught at Google and has worked on curriculum developmentfor SIYLI. He is also an official advisor to the TherapeuticNeuroscience Lab. He was previously editor-in-chief of Being Human, asite for exploring what evolution, neuroscience, biology, psychology,archeology, and technology can tell us about the human condition, andwas editorial director of Sounds True.

From Zen temples in Japanto yogi caves in India, Michael W. Taft has been meditating for overthirty years and has extensive experience in both Buddhist and Hindupractice. Michael is a senior facilitator in Shinzen Young's BasicMindfulness system, and is a teacher at Against the Stream BuddhistMeditation Society. He currently lives in Berkeley, California, and isfounding editor of the popular mindfulness meditation blog Deconstructing Yourself.