Quick Calm : Easy Meditations to Short-Circuit Stress Using Mindfulness and Neuroscience.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolkin, Jennifer R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mindfulness (Psychology).

Stress (Psychology).

Stress management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Quick Calm

Place of Publication:

2021.

Oakland : New Harbinger Publications, 2021.

Summary:

A quick and easy, neuroscience-based mindfulness program to help readers calm the chaos and rewire their brain in just five minutes a day. Written by a neuropsychologist, Quick Calm is a collection of five-minute meditations for kick-starting a mindfulness practice, making it a habit, and finding lasting relief for stress and difficult emotions.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

PART 1: Prepractice

Chapter 1. Just Give Yourself Five!

Chapter 2. What Is Mindfulness, and Why Practice?

Chapter 3. The How-Tos of Practice

PART 2: Formal Practice

1. Diaphragmatic Breathing (Focused Attention)

2. Body Scan

3. Progressive Muscle Relaxation

4. Autogenic Training

5. Guided Imagery

6. Rooting

7 .Rectangle Breathing

8. Loving-Kindness Meditation

9. Grounding

10. Receptive Attention

PART 3: Informal Practice

11. Mindful Waking

12. Mindful Toothbrushing

13. Mindful Coffee Time

14. Mindful Showering

15. Mindful Eating

16. Mindful Dishwashing

17. Mindful Sweeping

18. Mindful Walking

19. Mindful Doodling

20. Mindful Coloring

21. Mindful Reading

22. Mindful Bedtime

PART 4: Mindful Living

23. Radical Acceptance

24. Self-Compassion

25. Self-Love

26. Mindful Listening

27. Mindful Media

28. Gratitude

29. Appreciation

30. Beyond the Sixth Minute

Afterword

Acknowledgments

Endnotes

About the Author.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-68403-609-7

1-68403-610-0

OCLC:

1241446312