Being fully in each moment leads to peace and well-being - but it's harder than it sounds, especially in a world with constant demands on our time and attention. How do you practice mindfulness when you're faced with difficult coworkers, overwhelming schedules, or stubborn kids? In this book, Donald Altman brings the benefits of mindfulness down to earth and into everyday life. With fifty exercises and practices to build awareness and center attention, you will discover how to savor routine pleasures, build fulfillment in your work, enhance and heal relationships, change unhealthy habits, and connect to peace even in the midst of chaos or uncertainty. Donald Altman brings the bene?ts of mindfulness down to earth and into everyday life. The ?fty exercises and practices here build awareness and center attention in ways that free readers to savor routine pleasures, build ful?llment in work, enhance and heal relationships, reduce stress, change unhealthy behaviors, and connect to peace even in the midst of chaos or uncertainty.
Donald Altman, MA, LPC, is a practicing psychotherapist, former Buddhist monk, award-winning writer, and board member of The Center for Mindful Eating. The author of Meal by Meal and other books, he teaches at Lewis and Clark College Graduate School and in the interpersonal neurobiology program at Portland State University. He lives in Portland, Oregon. "Engage your heart. Engage your mind. Engage your spirit. You have heard all this before, but now Donald Altman can show you how in One-Minute Mindfulness. This book is chock-full of insightful nuggets that will stimulate your mind and stir your heart."