Mindfulness for Beginners: How to Live in the Moment, Stress and Worry Free in a Constant State of Peace and Happiness Paperback – December 23, 2014

This is a high quality, simple, straightforward book on mindfulness for beginners. The book is short and engaging and you will finish it quickly because it is so full of great and relevant advice. I wanted the book to be longer; but then realized the greatness of the book is how short and simple it is so the reader may more easily begin to practice mindfulness. A lot of explanation is not needed, just simple direction so the reader can begin practicing the concepts right away. So the book is really the perfect length for an introduction to mindfulness and the serious student/practitioner of mindfulness. As a minister and author myself, I am highly interested in these topics and these studies. I have always been interested in the Zen philosophy and in other Eastern philosophies like mindfulness. As a Bible scholar and one who understands the depth of the instruction of scripture, I can verify that mindfulness is fully consistent with Biblical practice. As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. Guard your heart (self-view) with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life. Judge not your brother. Be established in the present truth. Yes, with mindfulness we all can learn to Be Here Now. Put away all those distractions and live each moment fully. That's what it is all about. Excellent book, thank you.

It’s a great book, and I agree with it extensively. It does seem, however, that some of the acronyms are there as filler and are very difficult to remember. I highly recommend this book as an introduction to mindfulness and the benefits of it, though.

Mindfulnes is important in our daily life and activity. Practicing mindfulness improves both mental and physical health. I'm lucky because I got this book that helps me to know more about mindfulness. In this past few days, I felt the stress of my work that I really need to take a break and maybe a vacation for a while. But my cousin recommend this book to me to have insight about mindfulness that will attract positive vibes in my life and it will also help me to reduce and become stress free.After reading this book, It made me realized the essential of having peace in our mind to create positive impact in our lives. This book is one of the best book, I've read so far. It has complete information that really helps you to have happy and successful life with mindfulness. It also contains steps and techniques how to practice mindfulness in an easy way that is right and fit for all beginner's who wanted to practice mindfulness.My cousin was really right. This book helps me a lot to be stress free and also change me to become a better and positive person.

Being in the present and taking notice of the environment, what is happening to you and noticing your emotional state are all traits of mindfulness. Being mindful helps you to be more productive and successful in life, not to mention making you a happy person that is good to be around.The first chapter of the book defines mindfulness and discusses how it relates to many religions, including Buddhism, and society in the western hemisphere. It helps relate the definition to today's lifestyles and how to use mindfulness as an advantage. The importance of living in the present, as opposed to dwelling on the past, is discussed. The book emphasizes acceptance of self and having the ability to choose and follow through with choices. The book explains how mindfulness helps you to become a whole, happy and successful person and how to be mindful in practice. It gives you exercises to enhance mindfulness in your life including breathing exercises, mediation, observations and more. The book goes on to explain how mindfulness affects life, relationships and business dealings. The book provides useful videos and links to other materials to bring home all the techniques it imparts.

Effectively an appetizer on the topic of mindfulness this book does little more than make the reader aware of the subject. Unfortunately, the title will lead people to think they are getting more than this elongated magazine article.If you have never read an article or other books on mindfulness, then this book can be a good place to start. You won't learn how to live in a constant state of peace and happiness (as promised in the subtitle) but you may have your curiosity piqued.The lack of depth is exemplified by chapter two, where the author "covers" the topic of the importance of living in the present moment in a mere two pages. And by chapter nine, where how mindfulness is important in your everyday life receives a mere seven paragraphs and is just over a page in length. Substantive it is not.This scant exposure to such a potentially life-changing practice will hopefully whet your appetite to learn more, but it will not get you into the beginner's stage of mindfulness. Think of this as a book for crawlers. For those who want to begin the baby steps of mindfulness, I'm afraid you will need to start elsewhere.

This is a great read for anyone starting out in the world of mindfulness. It will act as great context for further advanced reading. The reader can always come back to this book as a quicker reference to the overall benefits of the practice of mindfulness.