Silence Your Mind: Improve Your Happiness in Just 10 Minutes a Day With This New Approach to Meditation - Softcover

Manocha, Dr Ramesh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1409153932 ISBN 13: 9781409153931

Publisher: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2014

Synopsis

A practical, science-based guide that goes beyond mindfulness and shows how in just 10 minutes a day you can make meditation part of your routine. Can't sleep because your thoughts won't switch off? Does a constant stream of unnecessary chatter run thought your head? Meditation is a simple practice that can help you address these common experiences. Through scientifically based research SILENCE YOUR MIND shows how meditation can fit into your busy schedule to improve your sense of wellbeing, help you reach your potential in sport, work and creative pursuits, and increase the quality of your life. For just 10 minutes a day you can feel the benefits that meditation brings to your mental and physical health. A world-leading expert on meditation, Dr Ramesh Manocha, writes in a clear, straightforward way that will appeal to people who wouldn't normally consider meditation, as well as those who want to make it part of their daily lives.

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About the Author

Dr Ramesh Manocha, MBBS Bsc (Med) PhD, is a medical practitioner and researcher currently based at the Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, where he coordinates the Meditation Research Programme. His PhD focused on evidence-based application of meditation to a wide variety of issues including work stress, well-being and quality of life, chronic disease, menopause and ADHD. Currently Manocha and his team are involved in developing meditation programmes for school-age children, which are already generating impressive outcomes, with both teachers and students noticing the remarkable benefits. Manocha is also the founder of Generation Next, a programme aimed at educating professionals and parents about the mental health crisis facing our young people - and how it can be dealt with. Generation Next is unique in its emphasis on the idea that to meaningfully tackle this crisis we need to look at not only improving diagnosis and treatment of mental illness but also actively pursue social and cultural change. www.beyondthemind.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1409153932
• ISBN 13: 9781409153931
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320