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Meditation for Daily Stress: 10 Practices for Immediate Well-being
Drawing on his experience living at the Kopan Monastery in Nepal, meditation teacher Michel Pascal shares his new and easy method of meditating in the moment to calm the mind and break the cycle of stress addiction.
Meditation for Daily Stress: 10 Practices for Immediate Well-being is more than just an exploration of why we experience stress; it is a guide to a revolutionary meditative technique for finding peace, quiet, mindfulness, and centeredness in our daily lives. A true authority in meditation, Michel Pascal introduces readers to the power of meditation as a coping mechanism for daily stress, anxiety, and depression. He then prescribes a series of visualization and breathing practices and techniques that can be used throughout the day—whether in the workplace, while commuting, or at home—to unplug in the moment, before stress takes hold.
This approachable method includes ten easy practices that you can do for even a minute at a time, wherever you are. In this guide, you will learn how to:
-Meditate Like the Horizon to unplug your brain when it is running all the time.
-Meditate Like a Dolphin to discover your inner peace in high-stress moments.
-Meditate Like a Mountain to feel more grounded when your mood is up and down.
-Meditate Like a Wave to help you deal with difficult people and difficult interactions.
-Meditate Like a Kiss to feel less stress in a romantic relationship.
Exploring both spirituality and physicality, mind and body, Meditation for Daily Stress is an essential read for busy people looking for an approach to meditation that will allow them to start a daily practice right away in order to live a healthier, happier life.
Meditation for Daily Stress: 10 Practices for Immediate Well-being is more than just an exploration of why we experience stress; it is a guide to a revolutionary meditative technique for finding peace, quiet, mindfulness, and centeredness in our daily lives. A true authority in meditation, Michel Pascal introduces readers to the power of meditation as a coping mechanism for daily stress, anxiety, and depression. He then prescribes a series of visualization and breathing practices and techniques that can be used throughout the day—whether in the workplace, while commuting, or at home—to unplug in the moment, before stress takes hold.
This approachable method includes ten easy practices that you can do for even a minute at a time, wherever you are. In this guide, you will learn how to:
-Meditate Like the Horizon to unplug your brain when it is running all the time.
-Meditate Like a Dolphin to discover your inner peace in high-stress moments.
-Meditate Like a Mountain to feel more grounded when your mood is up and down.
-Meditate Like a Wave to help you deal with difficult people and difficult interactions.
-Meditate Like a Kiss to feel less stress in a romantic relationship.
Exploring both spirituality and physicality, mind and body, Meditation for Daily Stress is an essential read for busy people looking for an approach to meditation that will allow them to start a daily practice right away in order to live a healthier, happier life.
192 pages, Hardcover
Published April 11, 2017
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March 19, 2017
I was a goodreads giveaway winner of this book. I found it pretty helpful to learn how to meditate and learn how to help with stress. It is intended to use when a person works in there job but it can also be used anytime. This self help book offers 10 meditation lessons to help with a person's stress. Each chapter focuses on different ways and breathing lessons. For example Meditate like a dolphin, or the horizon. the Sky or the sun or the mountains. or like a broom. It offers some pretty good practices to try. I intend to keep trying some of these helpful practices.
November 15, 2020
This was an audiobook read by Beth Hicks, but only the hardcover edition was available to choose on Goodreads.
I listened to this borrowed audiobook in one afternoon while painting a bedroom. It was very easy to listen to, and I loved the voice of the narrator. Although I liked how the author talks about and uses both his Buddhist and Christian learnings, I also felt like there was a little too much religion in some parts. He notes that the traditional way that most see and go about meditation is unrealistic in the everyday world. What I liked most was that this focuses on quick techniques that can be used anywhere, anytime, mostly focused for the workplace/at your desk.
The blessing of inanimate things at your desk seemed a little much to me, but I did think the techniques and visualizations covered were useful. I am considering purchasing the book so that I can continue practicing these. I actually listened to this audiobook a second time before returning.
I listened to this borrowed audiobook in one afternoon while painting a bedroom. It was very easy to listen to, and I loved the voice of the narrator. Although I liked how the author talks about and uses both his Buddhist and Christian learnings, I also felt like there was a little too much religion in some parts. He notes that the traditional way that most see and go about meditation is unrealistic in the everyday world. What I liked most was that this focuses on quick techniques that can be used anywhere, anytime, mostly focused for the workplace/at your desk.
The blessing of inanimate things at your desk seemed a little much to me, but I did think the techniques and visualizations covered were useful. I am considering purchasing the book so that I can continue practicing these. I actually listened to this audiobook a second time before returning.
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May 8, 2018Informative and easy to use. This would be great for beginners as well as those who regularly practice meditation.
March 12, 2017
Meditation as change of perception of our daily life.
It's this one the main message launched by Michel Pascal author of: Meditation for Daily Stress 10 Practices for Immediate Well-being. The book will be released this April 11th by ABRAMS.
Mr Pascal admit that our society is becoming always more crazy. We are all under stress for a reason or another but stress as also say the author is never, never positive.
What it is important to do is to clean up our mind, to stop our numerous thoughts and focus on what it is primarily important in life.
Sure: problems are many in our society. Money, lack of work, a lot of difficulties, and thoughts. This is absolutely true, but in a plenty life like our life is Mr Pascal suggests to insert also some mediation session everyday for feeling ourselves much better, for stopping the obsessive life we are doing and for restore our body and our soul.
Our world is changed dramatically during the last century. If in the past people were seriously tired because they worked physically now most of us work intellectually and well let's put things like it, dangers are more than not in the past because brain can't stop to work thanks also to the technological devices we use.
At some point it's also good to interrupt this continuous flood of informations and thoughts that the brain elaborate for keeping this organ calm and relaxed and avoiding collateral effects of this super-work.
Meditation is one of the most powerful answers to all your problems.
I have always loved meditation since I was little, and I think that it can be one of the most powerful methods for re-balancing our life.
Michel is extraordinary because after a long introduction at the practice of meditation he will later divide the book in various chapters and they are all spectacularly wonderful!
The first chapter is dedicated at the meditation Like The Horizon.
This one is meditation created for unplug your brain when it runs too much. Isn't it the case of most of us? The chapter starts with a diagnostic, like also the other ones.
The second chapter dedicated to discover our inner peace in moments particularly stressing.
The third chapter is suggestive: meditate like the wind in the desert. Create more time when you are busy.
Meditate like the Sky the fourth one. See inside yourself, develop your intuition and make the best decisions.
The fifth practice Meditate like a mountain while in the sixth practice Mr Pascal will help us to meditate like a wave.
The seventh practice: meditate like the sun. Restore energy, send all your love to others, and discover the power of compassion.
Practice eight: Meditate like a flower. Rediscover the blessing of your desk.
Practice 9 Meditate like a Kiss Feel less stress in a romantic relationship.
Practice 10 Meditate like a broom. Clean your Mind.
Each of these special meditations have special names pretty intuitive. You can guess the reason why they are called in a certain way and why like also which is the field of your soul, existence or portion of life that certain exercises and meditation will touch.
I fell in love immediately for this book and I strongly suggest it from the bottom of my heart to you all because the exercises you will find are beautiful, poetic, realistically working, and impressive.
For staying well with other people, we must firstly stay well with ourselves but this condition can be found only if and when we permit to ourselves to say: let's stop all of it, and let's start to add more quality time to us, our life, our soul.
At the end of this book explained also the foundations of meditation: Phowa, Tonglen and Hesychia.
Beautiful!
I don't find too much spectacular the cover. I would have imagined something much more poetic. Waves, mountains, dolphins, a patchwork all together for introducing poetically meditation to readers.
I thank NetGalley and ABRAMS for this book.
It's this one the main message launched by Michel Pascal author of: Meditation for Daily Stress 10 Practices for Immediate Well-being. The book will be released this April 11th by ABRAMS.
Mr Pascal admit that our society is becoming always more crazy. We are all under stress for a reason or another but stress as also say the author is never, never positive.
What it is important to do is to clean up our mind, to stop our numerous thoughts and focus on what it is primarily important in life.
Sure: problems are many in our society. Money, lack of work, a lot of difficulties, and thoughts. This is absolutely true, but in a plenty life like our life is Mr Pascal suggests to insert also some mediation session everyday for feeling ourselves much better, for stopping the obsessive life we are doing and for restore our body and our soul.
Our world is changed dramatically during the last century. If in the past people were seriously tired because they worked physically now most of us work intellectually and well let's put things like it, dangers are more than not in the past because brain can't stop to work thanks also to the technological devices we use.
At some point it's also good to interrupt this continuous flood of informations and thoughts that the brain elaborate for keeping this organ calm and relaxed and avoiding collateral effects of this super-work.
Meditation is one of the most powerful answers to all your problems.
I have always loved meditation since I was little, and I think that it can be one of the most powerful methods for re-balancing our life.
Michel is extraordinary because after a long introduction at the practice of meditation he will later divide the book in various chapters and they are all spectacularly wonderful!
The first chapter is dedicated at the meditation Like The Horizon.
This one is meditation created for unplug your brain when it runs too much. Isn't it the case of most of us? The chapter starts with a diagnostic, like also the other ones.
The second chapter dedicated to discover our inner peace in moments particularly stressing.
The third chapter is suggestive: meditate like the wind in the desert. Create more time when you are busy.
Meditate like the Sky the fourth one. See inside yourself, develop your intuition and make the best decisions.
The fifth practice Meditate like a mountain while in the sixth practice Mr Pascal will help us to meditate like a wave.
The seventh practice: meditate like the sun. Restore energy, send all your love to others, and discover the power of compassion.
Practice eight: Meditate like a flower. Rediscover the blessing of your desk.
Practice 9 Meditate like a Kiss Feel less stress in a romantic relationship.
Practice 10 Meditate like a broom. Clean your Mind.
Each of these special meditations have special names pretty intuitive. You can guess the reason why they are called in a certain way and why like also which is the field of your soul, existence or portion of life that certain exercises and meditation will touch.
I fell in love immediately for this book and I strongly suggest it from the bottom of my heart to you all because the exercises you will find are beautiful, poetic, realistically working, and impressive.
For staying well with other people, we must firstly stay well with ourselves but this condition can be found only if and when we permit to ourselves to say: let's stop all of it, and let's start to add more quality time to us, our life, our soul.
At the end of this book explained also the foundations of meditation: Phowa, Tonglen and Hesychia.
Beautiful!
I don't find too much spectacular the cover. I would have imagined something much more poetic. Waves, mountains, dolphins, a patchwork all together for introducing poetically meditation to readers.
I thank NetGalley and ABRAMS for this book.
June 10, 2017
I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway. I have wanted to read a meditation book but never got round to it. The title of this book caught my eye. Daily stress is something we all live with but never know how to deal with it. This book isn't anything like I imagined it to be. I assumed that it would be all lotus positions and chanting. However, I was wrong. Michel Pascal not only teaches you the simple and easy exercises to do daily which only take a few minutes, but also gives you an insight into the foundations of meditation. I really enjoyed learning the techniques and feel this is a book I will keep going back to. Worthy of a place on my bookshelf.
February 20, 2019
I really liked this book! It contained some simple but effective meditation strategies, aimed at the busy professional and well-suited to beginners. There seemed to be a lot of talk about religion (more Christian than Buddhist) and that kind of put me off a bit, but I guess some religious stuff is to be expected when it comes to meditation practice. Overall, though, a solid read!
November 4, 2025
I loved this book - Michel Pascal makes meditation feel simple and doable, even on the busiest days. His approach will help you slow down, breathe, and find calm in everyday moments. There are a variety of exercises, and I strongly believe you will find one that works well for you. A wonderful, practical book I’ll keep coming back to.
May 25, 2017
I won this book in a recent Goodreads First Reads giveaway.
If only I could have read this book a few years ago! I took early retirement due to stress and health reasons. I started meditation last year and it did help to an extent.
This was a useful book and easy to follow. I do recommend it.
If only I could have read this book a few years ago! I took early retirement due to stress and health reasons. I started meditation last year and it did help to an extent.
This was a useful book and easy to follow. I do recommend it.
November 13, 2021
3-3.5 stars
June 12, 2024
Lots of good practices and words to run through the mind with many different scenarios to use them in. Easy read but takes time to exercise and embrace the meditation practices.
February 27, 2017
A lot of great meditations for stress are included in this book. This is a great reference book to refer back to time and time again for meditating. Memorizing the meditations is a great idea to use them anytime, anywhere. I also liked how there were meditations included for when you're at work or out other places than home. I received an advance copy from Netgalley in exchange for a review.
April 15, 2017
Original review posted at CymruBoyo Books
Not my usual choice of reading matter but the ARC became available at a fortuitous time when I felt it might be helpful.
I’m a rather cynical person so some of the language used such as taking a deep breath to show respect for these words, written like a prayer started off sounding a little silly in my head. I was picturing a cross between Jean Reno’s character and the Yoga teacher from Couple’s Retreat!
However as I continued reading and giving the exercises a chance I did start to feel some benefit. I’ve been finding myself using several of the exercises recently to deal with things in my life – the visualizations are easy to do and have proven effective.
One tiny thing that did get irritating about the book is that although it’s supposed to be aimed at anyone, anywhere the vast majority of exercises were written as though aimed at people who work at a desk in an office.
In summary a helpful, clearly written and simple to do collection of visualization exercises.
4/5
**I received a free digital edition of this title from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review**
Not my usual choice of reading matter but the ARC became available at a fortuitous time when I felt it might be helpful.
I’m a rather cynical person so some of the language used such as taking a deep breath to show respect for these words, written like a prayer started off sounding a little silly in my head. I was picturing a cross between Jean Reno’s character and the Yoga teacher from Couple’s Retreat!
However as I continued reading and giving the exercises a chance I did start to feel some benefit. I’ve been finding myself using several of the exercises recently to deal with things in my life – the visualizations are easy to do and have proven effective.
One tiny thing that did get irritating about the book is that although it’s supposed to be aimed at anyone, anywhere the vast majority of exercises were written as though aimed at people who work at a desk in an office.
In summary a helpful, clearly written and simple to do collection of visualization exercises.
4/5
**I received a free digital edition of this title from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review**
April 27, 2017
I was truly very impressed with this book. I do meditate fairly regularly and to evaluate the book, I wanted to go through and actually do all the exercises. I found them exquisitely simple and they had a true impact. I have two friends who always mention meditation and then say how terrible they are at it, they can't really concentrate for long and one has trouble being still. I intend to get both of them copies of this book.
The genius of these meditation practices is how simple, how very clear the images are - and they are images that everyone can relate to -- and the meditations can be done easily in just a few minutes, in your car, at your desk at work.
The images of the mountain, sky, sun, broom are very effective. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone with an interest in meditation and to anyone who has tried and then gave up because you could clear your mind or get into the lotus position that many think is important or desirable -- it isn't and this book can lead to inner calm.
The genius of these meditation practices is how simple, how very clear the images are - and they are images that everyone can relate to -- and the meditations can be done easily in just a few minutes, in your car, at your desk at work.
The images of the mountain, sky, sun, broom are very effective. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone with an interest in meditation and to anyone who has tried and then gave up because you could clear your mind or get into the lotus position that many think is important or desirable -- it isn't and this book can lead to inner calm.
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