Mindfulness on the Go Cards: 52 Simple Meditation Practices You Can Do Anywhere

Jan Chozen Bays

ISBN 10: 1611803705 ISBN 13: 9781611803709

Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc, 2017

Synopsis

A card set of 52 mindfulness practices that don't involve silent sitting--simple techniques anyone can do, based on the best-selling book Mindfulness on the Go.

Mindfulness is a simple practice with seemingly limitless benefits. And, contrary to popular belief, learning it does not require sitting motionless for hours in the lotus position.  You can in fact access it right now and this little deck of cards is a convenient way to get started.

Each of the 52 cards presents one of the exercises Zen teacher Jan Chozen Bays has developed for fostering mindful awareness among her students.

It s as easy as:
 
Observing the sensations of eating checking in while driving your car    taking three breaths whenever a phone rings  aiming to be on time to everything for a week  conscious smiling relaxing your hands several times a day resolving to pay a compliment daily  listening like a sponge and so forth
 
Pick a card a week and try it. Before long these small moments of awareness will accumulate to infuse your days with the wisdom and kindness that are the natural result of mindful living.

About this title

Review:

Praise for Bays's "How to Train a Wild Elephant"
"Among the current spate of books on mindfulness, Bays's distinguishes itself with 53 simple practices tested through 20 years at the Great Vow Monastery in Oregon. [She] brings gentle compassion to the task of integrating mindfulness into a busy life." "Publishers Weekly"
"This is the kind of book you can open to any page, anytime, and read something that just might stop your mind in its tracks." "Nexus"
"In a brilliant, practical, and elegant way, Bays has answered the question most frequently asked by students of meditation: 'How do I bring this practice into my daily life?' Here is a jewel box of insightful, wise, beautiful, and compassionate ways to do so." Jack Kornfield, author of "A Path with Heart"
"With simple exercises designed to bring mindfulness into daily life and with gentle ways to remind ourselves to practice, the author leads practitioners to the discoveries and deeper lessons that each exercise can reveal. With [Jan Chozen Bays's] help, mindfulness practice becomes a powerful yet delightful gateway to the inner peace that is within reach of us all." "Spirituality & Health""

Praise for Bays's How to Train a Wild Elephant

"Among the current spate of books on mindfulness, Bays's distinguishes itself with 53 simple practices tested through 20 years at the Great Vow Monastery in Oregon. [She] brings gentle compassion to the task of integrating mindfulness into a busy life."--Publishers Weekly

"This is the kind of book you can open to any page, anytime, and read something that just might stop your mind in its tracks."--Nexus

"In a brilliant, practical, and elegant way, Bays has answered the question most frequently asked by students of meditation: 'How do I bring this practice into my daily life?' Here is a jewel box of insightful, wise, beautiful, and compassionate ways to do so."--Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart

"With simple exercises designed to bring mindfulness into daily life and with gentle ways to remind ourselves to practice, the author leads practitioners to the discoveries and deeper lessons that each exercise can reveal. With [Jan Chozen Bays's] help, mindfulness practice becomes a powerful yet delightful gateway to the inner peace that is within reach of us all."--Spirituality & Health

About the Author:

JAN CHOZEN BAYS, MD, is a Zen master in the White Plum lineage of the late master Taizan Maezumi Roshi and is co-abbot of the Great Vow Zen Monastery in Clatskanie, Oregon, where she teaches classes and workshops on vow practice. She is also a pediatrician who specializes in the evaluation of children for abuse and neglect. Her previous books include Mindful Eating, Mindfulness on the Go, and How to Train a Wild Elephant.

About this edition

• Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1611803705
• ISBN 13: 9781611803709
• Binding: Cards
• Number of pages: 52