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The Essential Book of Mindfulness: Healing Through Being Present

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Practicing mindfulness in daily life reaps endless benefits. This beautiful foil-stamped hardback includes many different ways to incorporate the practice into our everyday routine.

With explanations of what our tech-heavy world is doing to us and suggestions for ways to support ourselves when facing pressure, this is a timely book that will become invaluable to those struggling with modern ills. The mindfulness and meditations exercises included will help readers release stress and tension and appreciate the joy that every day brings.

The book
• An A-Z of mindfulness
• Thoughts from leading expert Leo Babauta
• Beautifully illustrated and full-color throughout.

ABOUT THE Elements is a bestselling series of spiritual development titles, each focusing on different aspects of healing and divination. Written by a variety of experts, these beautifully illustrated hardbacks are the perfect entryway into ancient spiritual practices.

160 pages, Hardcover

Published October 1, 2020

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January 7, 2025
This was really helpful and I can't wait to put some of this into practice.
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March 12, 2022
This is a very fascinating book that I would recommend to anyone. It offers many great tools for being present and grateful, and it has a lot of interesting information on how the brain works and changes psychology/physiologically.
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June 12, 2022
Helpful and easy to read; this book made mindfulness and meditation very approachable. I’ve already implemented some of these techniques and have felt a lot of improvement in my life.
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July 28, 2025
Love the breakdown of everything into smaller pieces. Loved the step-by-step guide and tips along the way.


How far have you come? You can always continue to improve, but if you are beginning to be successful with discovering mindfulness for yourself, then you will understand the quotations and begin to find in yourself that you can absorb the energy of the moment and that will energize you and help you grow in contentment


The ultimate aim is to be happy in yourself and make the most of your life. If your approach is secular, you’ll want to make this one and only life as good as it can be. If you are a person of faith – any faith – then making this life, a good one will lead you onto a better
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November 22, 2024
My book title is slightly different than the above. ISBN 978-1-78950-536-8 (2021) is my copy.
This is one of the best books (so far) that I have read about Mindfulness, clear and lucid.
This quote alone (P.16) to me is priceless! "What concerns us is not the way things actually are, but rather the way we think things are" (Epicteus) "A situation might be quite innocuous but because we are viewing it from a standpoint coloured by emotion - be that anger, love, jealousy or whatever - our interpretation is coloured" (Wendy Hobson).
204 reviews
March 12, 2022
This book may be small but it’s filled with big ideas and tips on how to start meditating and why meditation is an important strategy to help you navigate and manage a busy life, difficult people and challenging situations.

Whether you are a beginner or deep into meditation, you are likely to find plenty of take-aways in this British book.
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February 22, 2023
this book was very simplified but useful and resourceful, i will definitely be referencing this book in the future :p
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