Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World - Softcover

Mark Williams; Penman, Dr Danny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 074995308X ISBN 13: 9780749953089

Publisher: Piatkus, 2011

Synopsis

RETURN TO THE BOOK THAT STARTED THE MOVEMENT WITH THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THIS LIFE-CHANGING BESTSELLER

About this title

About the Authors

Professor Mark Williams is Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology at Oxford University. He co-developed mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), is co-author of the international bestseller The Mindful Way Through Depression and author of Cry of Pain: Understanding suicide and the suicidal mind.

Dr Danny Penman Ph.D. is the bestselling author of Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world, co-written with Professor Mark Williams of Oxford University, and co-author of Mindfulness for Health with Vidyamala Burch. He is a qualified mindfulness teacher who first learned to meditate when he was 16. He is also a feature and comment writer for the Daily Mail, having previously worked for the Independent and the BBC. Danny has hosted mindfulness seminars for directors and senior figures from many leading companies. He is a frequent commentator on mindfulness for the BBC and various national newspapers.

From the Back Cover

Life can be relentless, frantic and exhausting - but it doesn't have to be this way.

Authoritative, beautifully written and much-loved by its readers, Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world has become a word-of-mouth bestseller 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.

Mindfulness is based on mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT). Co-developed by Professor Mark Williams of Oxford University, MBCT is recommended by the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and is as effective as drugs for preventing depression. But, equally, it also works for the rest of us who aren't depressed but who are struggling to keep up with the relentless demands of the modern world.

By investing just a few minutes each day to learn the simple meditations in this classic guide to mindfulness, you can take back control of your life once again.

'Peace can't be achieved in the outside world unless we have peace on the inside. Mark Williams and Danny Penman's book gives us this peace'
Goldie Hawn

Edition details

• Publisher: Piatkus
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074995308X
• ISBN 13: 9780749953089
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288