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Mindfulness: la guía básica: Adquiere las habilidades fundamentales para cambiar tus hábitos y alcanzar la felicidad (Hábitos Zen nº 1)
Este es un libro sobre cómo entrenar tu mente para poder estar presente y enfocarte en las cosas que te importan, y afrontar dificultades. Es una guía rápida (se puede leer en una sentada) con ejercicios para practicar la concentración, y comenzar a practicar MINDFULNESS todos los días desde lo más básico hasta ejercicios más avanzados.
69 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 4, 2017
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About the author
Leo Babauta
87 books716 followersLeo Babauta is a simplicity blogger and author. He created Zen Habits, a Top 25 blog (according to TIME magazine) with 260,000 subscribers, mnmlist.com, and the best-selling books focus, The Power of Less, and Zen To Done.
Babauta is a former journalist of 18 years, a husband, father of six children, and in 2010 moved from Guam to San Francisco, where he leads a simple life.
He started Zen Habits to chronicle and share what he's learned while changing a number of habits.
Babauta is a former journalist of 18 years, a husband, father of six children, and in 2010 moved from Guam to San Francisco, where he leads a simple life.
He started Zen Habits to chronicle and share what he's learned while changing a number of habits.
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April 21, 2017
In today’s world, especially with the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election’s smoking gun looming just behind us, it can be difficult to stay mindful. To not let our emotions run away with us when we are speaking with others. To be as honest with ourselves and others as we can and communicate our feelings efficiently with others. To not cling desperately to our ideals. To develop patience and learn to deal with overwhelming feelings. To work on developing our focus and changing our habits for the greater good. The Zen Habits Beginner’s Guide to Mindfulness addresses these topics and provides practical advice for working on them in our own lives.
Leo Babauta (the ebook’s author) is the creator of the Zen Habits website, author of many books, and a vegan who spends the majority of his personal time running, reading, meditating, lifting weights, and hiking. He has been an inspiration to thousands of people by helping them simplify their lives and change their habits through his Sea Change membership program.
The Zen Habits Beginner's Guide to Mindfulness was published solely in ebook format, it is fairly short (only 47 pages), and it contains many helpful words that may help you in your own path toward developing mindfulness. However, as the ebook even mentions itself, the true onus is on the reader. There is only so much a book can do to help develop a meditation practice, work toward changing habits, or develop patience. The true work must be done by the reader.
To address this, Babauta includes in each chapter: a description of the issue (including its common causes), a step-by-step method to address the issue, and an exercise that can be practiced during meditation or day-to-day life. The final chapter of the book focuses on how we can get better, which includes practicing nearly daily, reviewing the exercises, and working with whatever arises.
I greatly enjoyed and valued this ebook, and would have loved to give it five stars. However, there were some typos due to some sloppy editing and a few of the chapters were merely slight variations of copied-and-pasted content from previous chapters. Because of those two things, I decided to ding The Zen Habits Beginner's Guide to Mindfulness by one star. However, I would still recommend this ebook to anyone interested in developing their own mindfulness practice. And in case you don't find them valuable, the author even promises a 100% money back guarantee on all of his books! It is definitely aimed at beginners, but serves as a helpful review for those further along the path as well. I plan to read one or two more of Babauta’s books that take the topic a bit further, but I am glad that I started with this one.
Leo Babauta (the ebook’s author) is the creator of the Zen Habits website, author of many books, and a vegan who spends the majority of his personal time running, reading, meditating, lifting weights, and hiking. He has been an inspiration to thousands of people by helping them simplify their lives and change their habits through his Sea Change membership program.
The Zen Habits Beginner's Guide to Mindfulness was published solely in ebook format, it is fairly short (only 47 pages), and it contains many helpful words that may help you in your own path toward developing mindfulness. However, as the ebook even mentions itself, the true onus is on the reader. There is only so much a book can do to help develop a meditation practice, work toward changing habits, or develop patience. The true work must be done by the reader.
To address this, Babauta includes in each chapter: a description of the issue (including its common causes), a step-by-step method to address the issue, and an exercise that can be practiced during meditation or day-to-day life. The final chapter of the book focuses on how we can get better, which includes practicing nearly daily, reviewing the exercises, and working with whatever arises.
I greatly enjoyed and valued this ebook, and would have loved to give it five stars. However, there were some typos due to some sloppy editing and a few of the chapters were merely slight variations of copied-and-pasted content from previous chapters. Because of those two things, I decided to ding The Zen Habits Beginner's Guide to Mindfulness by one star. However, I would still recommend this ebook to anyone interested in developing their own mindfulness practice. And in case you don't find them valuable, the author even promises a 100% money back guarantee on all of his books! It is definitely aimed at beginners, but serves as a helpful review for those further along the path as well. I plan to read one or two more of Babauta’s books that take the topic a bit further, but I am glad that I started with this one.
November 20, 2020
Just a nifty little book packed with a wealth of information. The book in its presentation itself has such a Zen feel to it. I bought this book when I realized that the one article that I kept going back to everytime I wanted to start meditating was written by this author. Just plain and simple no-shenanigan approach to meditation.
Just love how the approach tells us to get comfortable with the idea that we can't clear our minds. It tells us to get used to the idea of groundlessness when things beyond our control happen. The author also tells us that all the things that happen during meditation are the same things that happen in our daily life and in effect we can use our meditation sessions as a way to practice in this mental arena.
At the end of every chapter is a little exercise that we can use to improve our practice. I am going to keep coming back to this book again and again and I am so grateful for having chosen this book as a way to start my journey towards mindfulness and meditation.
Just love how the approach tells us to get comfortable with the idea that we can't clear our minds. It tells us to get used to the idea of groundlessness when things beyond our control happen. The author also tells us that all the things that happen during meditation are the same things that happen in our daily life and in effect we can use our meditation sessions as a way to practice in this mental arena.
At the end of every chapter is a little exercise that we can use to improve our practice. I am going to keep coming back to this book again and again and I am so grateful for having chosen this book as a way to start my journey towards mindfulness and meditation.
July 25, 2025
Great intro book for mindfulness
A have read a few of the lengthy bestsellers, 7 habits, grit, charisma myth etc. though they are great for academic indulgence the practicality of them is mostly lost the sear vastness of the books.
This one is low on academics, strait to the point. Do this and it will help. And it does! It is a how to book - so judge is as such.
My go to book for getting life back in order😀
A have read a few of the lengthy bestsellers, 7 habits, grit, charisma myth etc. though they are great for academic indulgence the practicality of them is mostly lost the sear vastness of the books.
This one is low on academics, strait to the point. Do this and it will help. And it does! It is a how to book - so judge is as such.
My go to book for getting life back in order😀
December 26, 2020
The "bare bones" blueprint for meditation. A refreshingly concise yet highly informative read. The pithy presentation of the ideal vs realty paradox that precedes tension/anxiety/procrastination was worth it in itself.
April 25, 2024
Short, but good
I liked that it a short, good instructions, and yet didn't feel text book on it's teaching. Sometimes books like these can lose me because they're too long, too repetitive and too serious. This was perfect.
I liked that it a short, good instructions, and yet didn't feel text book on it's teaching. Sometimes books like these can lose me because they're too long, too repetitive and too serious. This was perfect.
October 9, 2018
Great short read about mindfulness and meditation. I am sharing it with my students at school.
June 8, 2020
Excellent and straightforward little read to get yourself nice and centered. No unnecessary fluff, just the good stuff!
January 25, 2021
Book in a sentence: a short, practical to introduce you to mindfulness, meditation and habit changing.
Key lesson learned: best way to start a habit is 1. Start small 2. Pick a trigger 3. Set reminders 4. Execute at least a month 5. Get accountability.
Key lesson learned: best way to start a habit is 1. Start small 2. Pick a trigger 3. Set reminders 4. Execute at least a month 5. Get accountability.
January 2, 2023
If you want to start meditation and want to read a beginner-friendly, short book, let it be this.
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