Day Meditation

If you’ve been looking to start meditating, consider this your sign. This collection of 365 short, daily meditations will help you feel calmer, more centered, and in control. Some you’ll do while walking, sitting, or even watching the sunset. And some days you’ll just receive a simple mantra, affirmation, or insightful quote to keep in mind. The variety will keep you engaged and make it easy to tap into those moments of mindfulness and relaxation.

Mindfulness offers a path to well-being and tools for coping with life's inevitable hurdles. And though mindfulness may sound exotic, you can cultivate it - and reap its proven benefits - without special training or lots of spare time. Trusted therapist and mindfulness expert Dr. Ronald Siegel shows exactly how in this inviting guide. You'll get effective strategies to use while driving to work, walking the dog, or washing the dishes, plus tips on creating a formal practice routine in as little as 20 minutes a day.

If you think that you have to retreat to a cave in the Himalayas to find the enlightenment that yoga promises, think again. In this second edition of Living Your Yoga, Judith Hanson Lasater stretches the meaning of yoga beyond its familiar poses and breathing techniques to include the events of daily life - all of them - as ways to practice. Using the time-honored wisdom of the Yoga Sutra and the Bhagavad Gita to steer the course, she serves up off-the-mat practices to guide you in deepening your relationships with yourself, your family and friends, and the world around you.

In Everyday Mindfulness for OCD, you'll discover how you can stay one step ahead of your OCD. You'll learn about the world of mindfulness and how living in the present moment nonjudgmentally is so important when you have OCD. You'll also explore the concept of self-compassion - what it is, what it isn't, how to use it, and why people with OCD benefit from it. Finally, you'll discover daily games, tips, and tricks for outsmarting your OCD, meditations and mindfulness exercises, and much, much more.

Certified mindfulness meditation facilitator, award-winning health educator, and longtime vegan advocate Lani Muelrath teaches you how to practice mindfulness and reveals how it can bring freedom and a new joy to your eating - and living - experience. Backed by extensive research, with step-by-step instructions, personal stories, positivity, humor, and a handful of delicious recipes, The Mindful Vegan will help you emancipate yourself from the stranglehold that mindless and compulsive eating have on your weight, health, food choices, and, most of all, peace of mind.

Here are 47 inspirational pieces that are smart, hip, accessible, and rich with insight. Jessie Asya Kanzer's bite-sized stories of struggle, triumph, and contemplation provide a quick burst of mindfulness. Each chapter begins with a verse from the Tao, followed by sharp observations and anecdotes from her own life that give the teachings of Lao Tzu applicability to contemporary life. And each chapter concludes with a "Do Your Tao" section that offers an actionable step, leaving the listener with a sense of grounding and fluidity.

For most people, the chaos and noise happening around them and within their own minds feels like all there is. They live in a constant state of reactivity, being pushed and pulled by the thoughts and emotions they experience. Everyone has a voice in their head, including you. The good news—perhaps the best news anyone can ever hear—is that this voice is not who you are. You are the presence that witnesses the voice, but you are not the voice. Knowing this allows you to observe what your inner voice is doing and thinking.

Are you tired of feeling like life is a never-ending whirlwind, constantly pulling you in a million different directions? Do you find yourself overwhelmed by the relentless demands of work, family, and the chaos of modern living? Have you ever mindlessly scrolled your phone, knowing you had more important things to do but couldn’t seem to find the focus you needed to redirect? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these, it's time to take control and embark on a transformative journey with 'The Wonders of Mindfulness Meditation for Busy Adults.'

Sometimes, we all need a little boost in our outlook on the world around us and giving ourselves positive daily messages can deepen our understanding of life’s mysteries. This compilation of spoken messages and poems is an ideal companion for daily meditation practice. You can listen to the messages in succession, or one at a time.Ilchi Lee’s messages and poems communicate the sublime wisdom that speaks to the inherent greatness in each one of us.

Biofeedback is the process of training your body to control its involuntary actions, such as breathing and heart rate. Minor changes to these actions can significantly improve physical and emotional well-being. In Biofeedback and Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Harvard Medical School faculty member Inna Khazan pairs biofeedback techniques with mindfulness practice to address some of life's most common ailments - from anxiety and fear to stress and insomnia.

Meditation is an easy way to bring more peace and tranquillity into your life. Packed with practical advice, useful meditations and affirming thoughts, this little audiobook teaches you how to be happier, healthier and more relaxed - without sitting for hours on a meditation cushion. Dr Patrizia Collard, best-selling author of The Little Book of Mindfulness, shows you another way, with these fun and efficient exercises: just 5 to 10 minutes a day is enough to strengthen your immune system, relieve stress and clear your head.

Western society too often trains women out of feeling innately confident in who we are and in the wisdom we hold inside. Instead, we are handed down a set of expectations about our bodies, our disposition, our religious identification, our sexual orientation, our mothering, and our career choices. Dr. Leah Katz draws on her training as a psychologist and her experience leaving an ultra-Orthodox Jewish faith and culture to offer tools and insights for getting "unstuck" from society's expectations for women. It's time to get gutsy and create the rich, vibrant life we have always wanted.

Enjoy America’s Pastime on a beautiful autumn day in 1902 with Sterling K. Brown as the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns face off in this baseball-themed Audible Sleep story.

Accompanied by healing background music, Susan Jeffers offers you positive affirmations to help you find all the courage and confidence you will need in order to face each day with a sense of power and love. As you learn to quiet your mind, you will discover the voice within that soothes your inner turmoil and brings forward the best of who you are.

In Consolations, David Whyte unpacks aspects of being human that many of us spend our lives trying vainly to avoid - loss, heartbreak, vulnerability, fear - boldly reinterpreting them, fully embracing their complexity, never shying away from paradox in his relentless search for truth.

Eliminate self-doubt, perfectionism, and anxiety and develop more confidence. Do you want to live your life without fear of other people’s disapproval? Do you wake up dreading the day feeling discouraged with what you've accomplished in life? Do you want to develop more confidence in yourself overcome low self-esteem, insecurity, and self-doubt? In this guide to self-love, international best-selling author Marc Reklau shows you how to boost your self-esteem with simple and practical exercises.

Master 10 meditation techniques in 10 days with the step- by-step method in Practical Meditation for Beginners. The key to building a solid meditation practice is in the practice itself. From Zen and Vipassana to walking meditations and body scans, the simple practices outlined in Practical Meditation for Beginners make it easy to build an ongoing meditation routine that is best for you. Practical Meditation for Beginners offers a clear 10-day program for learning 10 different meditation techniques - one for each day of the program.

Kate Bowler, author of the instant New York Times bestseller Good Enough and national bestseller The Lives We Actually Have, wants to encourage people to develop their capacity to feel the breadth of their experiences. Bowler is inviting listeners for the first time to fully embrace the terrible along with the beautiful by offering listeners honest, heartfelt daily devotionals followed by blessings and action steps that lead listeners to feel seen, heard and understood no matter what their day may bring.

Longing for control over your body and emotions? Fed up with fad diets? Demoralized by relentless cravings? 'Rapid Extreme Weight Loss Hypnosis for Women' is your guide to sustainable weight loss.

Featuring all-new translations from the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the playwright Seneca, or the slave-turned-philosopher Epictetus, as well as translations from lesser-known luminaries such as Zeno, Cleanthes, and Musonius Rufus, The Daily Stoic provides 366 days of Stoic ideas and activities.