The One-Minute Meditator: Relieving Stress and Finding Meaning in Everyday Life

by Bill Birchard, David Nichol

On an average day, in an average minute, we can process over 240 billion bits of information per second. Such incredibly rapid brain activity can lead to confusion, fear, tension, stress, and anxiety. To stave off these pressures, our minds instinctively look for "one-minute escapes": exercise, drinking and drugs, smoking, sex, and entertainment. All efficient short-term distractions, none is a permanent salve. The One-Minute Meditator shows readers how to harness the innate drive for quick mental escapes and use that urge to quiet our thoughts from within. Proving that meditation is both physically and emotionally healthful, Nichol and Birchard show readers how to meditate whenever they have a solitary minute or on the walk from the parking lot to the office, while waiting in line, while on hold on the phone, or while trying to fall asleep. Both inspiring and instructive, The One-Minute Meditator gives readers the tools to incorporate the power of meditation into otherwise busy, harried lives.

Genres: Meditation, Nonfiction

164 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2001

Reviews

[Melissa Algood · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an easy to read book, and it would have been easier if the author just kept repeating (be mindful) but I really did enjoy it and appreciated the stops between chapters in which he basically ‘made’ you meditate.

[Jeanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best introductions to mediation I have read; the author packs a lot of great information into a small, package!

[Shandra]

So far, I like it a lot. I approve of starting in very small chunks, as finding 20 minutes to meditate has always been a difficult thing to stick to... I still want to work up to more than one minute at a time, but it's certainly a start!