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Authoritative, beautifully written and much-loved by many, Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World has become a word-of-mouth best seller and global phenomenon. It reveals a set of simple yet powerful practices that you can incorporate into daily life to break the cycle of anxiety, stress unhappiness and exhaustion. It promotes the kind of happiness that gets into your bones and allows you to meet the worst that life throws at you with new courage.

Life can be relentless, frantic and exhausting - but it doesn’t have to be this way. This is an introduction to Mindfulness, which reveals a set of simple yet powerful practices that you can incorporate into daily life to help break the cycle of anxiety, stress, unhappiness and exhaustion. Mindfulness is based on mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), which is recommended by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and is as effective as drugs for preventing depression.

There are moments in life that decide your fate. They ripple into the future and dictate how you experience the world in the moments that follow; either positive and uplifting, dark and chaotic, or flat and dull. What if you could recognise these moments before they seized control of your life? What if you could use them to set sail for a better future? What if all moments, big and small, could be harnessed this way? In Deeper Mindfulness, Oxford Professor Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman reunite to present a new eight-week guided meditation programme that takes mindfulness to the next level.

Mais do que uma técnica de meditação, a atenção plena (ou mindfulness) é um estilo de vida que consiste em estar aberto à experiência presente, observando seus pensamentos sem julgamentos, críticas ou elucubrações. Ao tomar consciência daquilo que sente, você se torna capaz de identificar sentimentos nocivos antes que eles ganhem força e desencadeiem um fluxo de emoções negativas - que é o que faz você se sentir estressado, irritado e frustrado.

Dauerhaft tiefe innere Ruhe und Gelassenheit finden. Woran liegt es nur, dass uns äußerliche Irritationen so schnell und nachhaltig aus der Balance bringen? Verantwortlich für solche Stimmungswechsel ist unser Gehirn: Je nachdem, ob es eine Situation als angenehm, unangenehm oder neutral einschätzt, aktiviert es entsprechende Gefühle. Sie färben unsere Erfahrungen ein, prägen unsere tiefsten Konditionierungen und steuern, wie wir uns und die Welt erleben.

Das Anti-Stress-Programm der University of Oxford. Es sind nur zwanzig Minuten täglich, aber sie können das Leben verändern. In unserer von Zeitdruck, Hektik und permanenter Erreichbarkeit geprägten Zeit brauchen wir dringend Wege, effektiv zu entspannen und wieder zu uns selbst zu finden. Das Zauberwort heißt "Achtsamkeit": kurz anhalten, ruhig atmen und von sich selbst Abstand nehmen. Achtsamkeit ist jedoch nicht nur eine Idee, es ist eine Art zu leben. Schritt für Schritt zeigen Mark Williams und Danny Penman, wie das im Alltag auch tatsächlich geht.