Mindfulness for Creativity: Adapt, Create and Thrive in a Frantic World

by Danny Penman

Mindfulness dla zdrowia. Jak radzic sobie z bolem, stresem i zmeczeniem + CD

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Self Help, Meditation, Personal Development, Health

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2015

About the author

DANNY PENMAN is an award-winning journalist and author who writes for the London Daily Mail. He is coauthor of the bestselling MINDFULNESS: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World and YOU ARE NOT YOUR PAIN: Using Mindfulness to Relieve Pain, Reduce Stress, and Restore Well-Being---An Eight-Week Program.

Reviews

[Agata Babina · Rating 4 out of 5]

No vienas puses, ir ļoti grūti lasīt tādu grāmatu, kuras mērķis ir likt tev apsēsties un pievērsties meditācijai un pamazām ieviest 5-6 dienu rutīnu,kur tu mēģini meditēt. Grāmatā ir sniegts apraksts soli pa solim kā to darīt, ir arī CD (kurš man nav), ko uzlikt paklausīties, bet es lasu un domāju, ka gan jau kādreiz savā mūžā to darīšu, bet tagad es tikai gribu steigt šo izlasīt, lai lasītu nākamo grāmatu. No otras puses, es tomēr atradu apstiprinājumu jau savam esošajam dzīvesveidam un interesēm. Piemēram, radošumu veicina tas, ka mēs neesam perfekcionisti, laužam savu rutīnu, mēģinam pieņemt nepopulārus lēmumus, esam atvērti dažādiem risinājumiem. Radošumu veicina pastaigas, iešana, klausīšanās dabā. Ir pilnīgi normāli mēģināt meditēt, bet atklāt to, ka prāts nemitīgi darbojas un kaļ kaut kādus plānus. Tā nu tas ir. Absolūta patiesība. Bet galu galā ir skumji pašai apzināties savu nemitīgo nespēju nokonentrēties uz kaut ko vienu, dzīvot mierā un rūpēs pašai par sevi, nemitīgi raustīties uz visām pusēm un neieklausīties sevī. Lasot grāmatu mēģināju klausīties, kas notiek mājas sijās, starpsienu dēļos un ko dara mani visskaļājie kaimiņi - putni, kas dzīvo uz jumta virs manis.
Es gribētu, lai studiju plānos kā obligāto priekšmetu varētu iekļaut meditācijas.

[Aned Garduño · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good book about mindfulness. It introduces you to the topic very easily and in an understandable way. This book in particular presents mindfulness for people who work in creative sectors. And what I found best, is that all the methodology is sustained by scientific research and data, as well as testimonials from people who have used this method for improving their lives and work.

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

A good introduction to mindfulness. This was a gift from a friend who knows me to be creative (artistic), but this book is about having a creative approach to everyday matters. It is a good way to get into mindfulness though.

[Doni · Rating 2 out of 5]

This has value as a concept. As a book, it is only mediocre. Access to the guided meditations also need to be better executed.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is just as good as the 'Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World, also by Mark Williams & Danny Penman - but just on a different thread. The meditations are spot on and as well as helping concetration made me very relaxed (yes I have fallen asleep once or twice!). I'd recomend this to anyone who is new to mindfulness and wants an honest and professional guide to help them out.

[David Llinares · Rating 4 out of 5]

Putting in the work

Mindfulness for creativity, it really provided the tools to develop creativity, the more you practise the better you get.
Like many books with similar theme, putting the work is a challenge itself, however later than sooner will paid off.
The reading of the book is easy going and I've enjoyed the audio and tasks.

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

My rating is perhaps as much for the concept as the content of this book. However, the concepts are simply and clearly explained, and are backed up with a good mix of science, and feedback from previous participants in the exercises discussed.

[Niamh Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant, simple program. Very encouraging. One of the better ones I've read. No fluff, no ego from the writer. Really, really good and helpful. Nothing overly complicated or intricate . I feel much more present and am more capable of handling stress since this book

[Romilly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good but annoyingly familiar

There's a lot to like in this book but there is also a big overlap with another Mindfulness book by Mark Williams and Danny Penman which I had already read.

The links to audio are also unusable if you're reading this on an android phone.

[Danijel]

Str. 45: Ena misel sproži naslednjo in ta naslednjo, v ponavljajočem se vzorcu, ki nam krade energijo in uničuje samozavest. Takšne misli nam lahko um vlečejo v spiralo, ki preprečuje ustvarjalnost.

[RaineShadow · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book just gives you basic meditation techniques, with no particular impact on creativity at all.
Basically just says: Do this for a few weeks and you’ll see results.

This is one I actually wanted to go into more detail and stories.

2 stars for the tea meditation.

[K.C. Phillips · Rating 5 out of 5]

Starting week 4 tomorrow but finished the book this evening! It was wonderful; life-changing and life-affirming. An absolute must for anyone feeling burnt out in their creative endeavors, or life in general!

[Anja Orehek · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[Caroline O'Gorman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this book after reading passages from it in a Mindfulness course in college. I will be coming back to it in the new year to complete the 4 week challenge.

[Evie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Having read two out of three of Danny Penman mindfulness books, the other one being, “Mindfulness: A practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World”, I personally found the “Mindfulness for creativity” more helpful. I think this was because I much preferred the meditations in this book compared to the other one, but I also learnt a lot more in this book, whereas in the other one it covered topics I already had a lot of knowledge on. If you are a blogger, run your own business, or your job requires you to come up with ideas and to think outside the box, I would highly recommend this book. If you are still very new to mindfulness then I would recommend the other book, ““Mindfulness: A practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World”, because I feel the creativity book is for more advanced meditators. I would like to say though that this book asks you to meditate twice a day, six out of seven days a week, which I think is far too unrealistic. I started out meditating one day a week for the first year!! It’s up to you how you use this book, but I think this is a high expectation for most beginner meditators.

[Ale · Rating 5 out of 5]

Premettendo che non credo sia possibile una revisione sensata di questo libro.
Ci provo.
È il secondo libro che leggo di pratiche mindful, il primo mi aveva parecchio deluso perché spiegava solo tecniche respiratorie ma non dava una spiegazione dell'utilità.
Questo libro invece spiega in modo semplice tecniche di meditazione, a cosa servono e possibili effetti "collaterali".
È a mio avviso un libro molto bello che dice "tira il freno a mano!" nella nostra vita. Abbi pazienza, porta rispetto per gli altri etc.
Per chi è interessato alla pratica e non solo alla lettura lo consiglio vivamente.

[Matthew Jarvis · Rating 5 out of 5]

I cannot recommend this book enough if you have a creative mind that needs to structure thoughts in order to activate the making of something. Learning mindfulness meditation has been the blessing I have needed all these years to get things in order and produce all the stuff I do. Read it. Make stuff. Repeat!

[Marina Minns · Rating 5 out of 5]

I stumbled on this book in a bookstore, and am so glad I took it home! It's made the whole idea of building in meditation into my life such a natural process, and has really made me realise how powerful a tool meditation can be, not just in thinking more creatively, but also in dealing with the crazy pace of life in the modern world.

[Klaudyna Maciąg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jeżeli chcielibyście odkryć piękno medytacji i rzeczywiście pozytywnie wpłynąć na swoje życie, koniecznie sięgnijcie po tę książkę. Jest naprawdę bardzo, bardzo dobra.

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[Rozan Kitt]

easy reduing and great for meditation - very basic