Mindfulness para las mujeres: Estructura tu mente, simplifica tu vida y encuentra tiempo para ti misma

by Vidyamala Burch, Claire Irvin

Women are under unprecedented amounts of pressure these days: in this world, constantly jugging to make time for everything that needs to be done. It’s unsurprising, therefore, that many women find themselves feeling stressed and exhausted. Mindfulness para las mujeres offers a solution in the form of a set of simple exercises to help women feel happier, and more secure and capable in their lives.

Genres: Nonfiction

376 pages, Paperback

Published February 1, 2019

About the author

VIDYAMALA BURCH is founder and codirector of Breathworks, an organization offering mindfulness-based approaches to living well with chronic pain, illness, and stress and with teachers in over 15 countries. She is the author of LIVING WELL WITH PAIN AND ILLNESS, based on her acclaimed program, and YOU ARE NOT YOUR PAIN.

Reviews

[Elle · Rating 3 out of 5]

An introduction to Mindfulness specifically aimed at women and alleviating common stresses and behaviours that women in particular face. Filled with not just information and theory, but also with case studies and testimonials, exercises and meditations, and also tracking the progress of second author Claire Irvin as she attempts to follow the coursework laid out by main author Vidyamala Burch.

This book can be read on its own in whatever amount of sittings it takes you, or it can be used as a multi-week course guide. I did the former, as I have a very large stack of books to read at the moment and had already begun a mindfulness based course, so I simply worked these exercises and meditations in as well.

A wonderful read and very useful guide. There were times I was bored of the testimonials and times I found them useful. Reading Claire's progress could be quite frustrating because she experienced so many setbacks and defaulted to giving up a fair amount of the time. But at the same time, I suppose there's something reassuring about knowing it's hard for other people if you are finding it hard yourself.

The book comes with a CD of guided meditation tracks, so you can listen to Vidyamala reading aloud the guides written in the book.

If there was one thing that was disappointing, it was that the Resources appendix points people to Vidyamala's website, which doesn't actually have many of the resources that would have been useful. (Give me a digital printout of the sheet, rather than expecting me to photocopy and blow up the small version in the book. When you've specifically mentioned that one of your meditations is cut in half to fit the 10 minute limit, why not have the other half available for the full experience?)

But overall a good book, and I've found several of the exercises and meditations to be very useful and effective.

[Jacqui · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book, but title is misleading a bit as it can also be used by men. I recommend getting the audio books as you get lots of meditation audios too. It's a keeper.

[Donna O'Sullivan · Rating 5 out of 5]

lovely little book
very helpful
meditations are great 🧘‍♀️
lots of great analogies

[Jennalyn Suda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great intro to meditation! I especially enjoyed the focus on women and the written guided meditations. Bookmarked them for later use!

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read many books on mindfulness and meditation and this is one of the best. I highlighted and marked so many passages. I know I will be rereading it soon.