Real World Mindfulness for Beginners: Navigate Daily Life One Practice at a Time

170 Pages·2016·59.06 MB·English

by  Brenda Salgado

“A wonderful range of wise voices and mindfulness practices for
everyday topics like difficult emotions and painful habit patterns.”
SHARON SALZBERG
Author of Lovingkindness & Real Happiness
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Real World Mindfulness for Beginners

Real World
MMIINNDD
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for Beginners
NAVIGATE DAILY LIFE
ONE PRACTICE AT A TIME
Edited by Brenda Salgado
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ISBN: Print 978-1-943451-40-1 | eBook 978-1-943451-41-8
This book is dedicated to my grandmother
Maria Paula Guevara Galan. Thank you
for guiding me on this path of spiritual
teaching and healing service in the world.
Contents
Editor’s Introduction 8
one The Mindful Moment 12
two Regaining Focus and Concentration 26
three Cultivating Gratitude and Joy 36
four Promoting Patience and Compassion 50
five Dealing with Stress and Worry 62
six Breaking Bad Habits or Negative Behaviors 74
seven Working with Attachments and Aversions 86
eight Managing Anger and Hurt 98
nine Supporting Others Who Need Help 110
ten Accepting Aging and Illness 122
eleven Coping with Grief and Loss 132
Acknowledgments 145
Appendix: Ten Tips to Deepen Your Practice 146
Resources 149
References 155
Index of Mindfulness Practices 158
Index 159
About the Contributors 164
Editor’s Introduction
Warm greetings and welcome. Perhaps you
purchased this book because you are looking
to navigate your life with more joy, because you or your
loved ones are facing diffi cult challenges, or because
you want to feel more centered as conditions are
changing in the world. Perhaps you are a leader seek-
ing to be more mindful and productive in the way you
show up at work, or someone purchased this book as
a gift for you. Whatever way you came to fi nd yourself
reading these pages, I am honored to introduce you to
a wise and diverse group of teachers who have demon-
strated a commitment to sharing mindfulness practices
with people from all walks of life.
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