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Conciencia Plena: La Ciencia, El Arte Y La Practica Del Mindfulness (2012)

by Susan L. Smalley(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

8497778472 (ISBN13: 9788497778473)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Obelisco

review 1: I particularly enjoyed the higher dose of science and rigor in this book, compared to my other brushes with mindfulness and meditation instruction. The format is really solid, and progresses through explaining the science and arguing for the usefulness of a given practice (with data!), then to outlining how one might most effectively pursue it, and then each chapter gives a few practice exercises and suggestions for integrating a given technique into your routine. I listened to this as an audiobook, which was both helpful and sometimes grating (I do have a threshold for people talking to me in a calm, soothing voice), but in many ways it was ideal. The audio was an excellent reminder for me to observe and re-examine my auto-pilot mode, and my day-to-day act... moreions.
review 2: A good introduction to mindfulness and meditation, with the admirable goal of including scientific studies as evidence for the benefits of meditation. At this point, the evidence out there is so sparse that studies cited here are often uncontrolled feasibility studies that cannot really provide solid conclusions, but there are notable exceptions as there are a number of research groups around the country getting into this line of work (including the author's own Mindfulness Awareness Research Center). Due to plenty of anecdotes and a lot of "thought dialogue" that is meant to illustrate familiar thought processes, the book sometimes feels a little too self-helpy. However this is mostly my subjective opinion, so I think it could be exactly right for someone else. less

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