The Headspace Guide to Meditation & Mindfulness
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- Author：Andy Puddicombe
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Summary
As a former Buddhist monk with over 10 years of teaching experience， Andy Puddicombe has been acknowledged as the UK's foremost mindfulness meditation expert。 Like his readers and students， he began his own meditation practice as a normal， busy person with everyday concerns， and he has since designed a program that fits neatly into a jam-packed daily routine， proving that just 10 minutes a day can make a world of difference。 Simple exercises， stories and techniques culled from Andy's years of experience will help anyone calm the chatter in their minds。 The result？ More headspace， less stress。
Get Some Headspace also brings us the extraordinary science behind this seemingly simple cure-all。 This book and practice will help readers positively impact every area of their physical and mental health， from productivity and focus， to stress and anxiety relief， sleep， weight-loss， personal relationships。。。and the list goes on and on。
Get Some Headspace also brings us the extraordinary science behind this seemingly simple cure-all。 This book and practice will help readers positively impact every area of their physical and mental health， from productivity and focus， to stress and anxiety relief， sleep， weight-loss， personal relationships。。。and the list goes on and on。
Reviews
Robert Sutherland
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A surprisingly helpful overview of mindfulness and meditation with examples。 Looks not only at the how but also the why， then what should happen as a result。 Mindfulness doesn't have to happen in lotus position with your eyes closed for hours on end--though it could。 It can happen walking， eating， sitting， or going about your day to day activities。 Getting off autopilot from time to time seems to be quite beneficial。 A surprisingly helpful overview of mindfulness and meditation with examples。 Looks not only at the how but also the why， then what should happen as a result。 Mindfulness doesn't have to happen in lotus position with your eyes closed for hours on end--though it could。 It can happen walking， eating， sitting， or going about your day to day activities。 Getting off autopilot from time to time seems to be quite beneficial。 。。。more
Deb Carlson
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Wonderful book。 Read it over time and it enhanced the daily meditation I was doing with the Headspace app。
Sahil Darji
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Best book to learn about Meditation as a beginnerThe book is presented in such an structured manner and in each section， concept is explained with some kind of analogy。 It also provides possible difficulties that may arise with a best possible answer。
Jose Manuel
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Libro muy interesante para descubrir el mindfulness， lo que es y cómo practicarlo。
Govind S
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This book has key insights to the various challenges involved in meditation。 I could personally relate to the items discussed 。 Throwing light to the unknown s was a key distinction。I would call it my cheatsheet to meditation
Willow Rankin
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I have tried a fair few times to get into meditation， and even downloaded the Headspace App， and every time I have stopped half through the first exercise due to that feeling of not being productive。 So I picked up this book， again to read all about the virtues of meditating， and what I could potentially get out of the experience。 This book contains the high level benefits and scientific studies and references to meditating， but what I enjoyed about this book， was the framing against the author I have tried a fair few times to get into meditation， and even downloaded the Headspace App， and every time I have stopped half through the first exercise due to that feeling of not being productive。 So I picked up this book， again to read all about the virtues of meditating， and what I could potentially get out of the experience。 This book contains the high level benefits and scientific studies and references to meditating， but what I enjoyed about this book， was the framing against the author and founder of headspace， personal journey for meditating。 Whilst the book doesn't explain why Andy wanted to study meditation and went to numerous monasteries all over the world， the personal element was inviting and approachable。In each chapter， we learn a bit more about Andy and his journey in meditation， using what he has been taught to teach others。The cynic inside of me does tell you that this book is written to get more people to not only download the headspace app， but purchase the subscription。 And the thing is， it has worked， I have now re-downloaded the app and am trying the free courses。 Ofcourse， I have to learn， that whilst I'm sitting and breathing its not wasted time， as I am learning to look after myself。 I would say， if you are unsure of meditation， this is a good place to start。 。。。more
Caroline
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Good for figuring out how to fit meditation into your day， even for just 10 min。 a day。
Joe Rahme
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One of the most practical guides to one of the most practical types of meditation。
Jim H
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I love ANDY！
Aarthy
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As my exploration into mental freedom continues I am so thankful for both this book and the headspace app。 🧘🏽♀️ I tried to sit down and meditate with just the app and have epically failed throughout the year。 I realized there is a lot to learn about meditation， the practices and helpful pointers before you sit down in lotus position and go blindly in。 This is just the book to begin with！Andy provides practical strategies on how to meditate that I kept finding myself repeating his suggestions th As my exploration into mental freedom continues I am so thankful for both this book and the headspace app。 🧘🏽♀️ I tried to sit down and meditate with just the app and have epically failed throughout the year。 I realized there is a lot to learn about meditation， the practices and helpful pointers before you sit down in lotus position and go blindly in。 This is just the book to begin with！Andy provides practical strategies on how to meditate that I kept finding myself repeating his suggestions throughout my day！ He writes in such a way that is easy to understand for newbies like me （none of the spiritual jargon that I find unhelpful in other spiritual books）。 I especially loved his two anecdotes about the horse and the blue sky。 What I also appreciated were his personal and client stories throughout the book。 Andy is a monk who spent many years travelling throughout SEA and Europe learning the art of meditation。 He has many， many stories to tell and as a humorous guy his stories made me laugh quite a bit！ He compares the mind to a wild horse and how that we must let the horse run wild and free before we learn to reign it in with a rope。 I kept using this one every time my mind starts to wonder during both meditation and daily awareness。 🐎 I also love his other analogy of how the mind is a bit like the sky。 We always long for the sunny blue days but even on cloudy days， the blue sky is just right behind those passings clouds。 Just like how the mind is actually at peace and the thoughts we have are just passing through！ ⛅ ⛅This book also contains a ten minute exercise at the end of each chapter （which can also be found in the app） that I loved。 Highly recommend 。。。more
David Chou
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A good intro to meditation for an absolute beginner。 I found the structure a bit unorganized， long， and slow。 I had previously read The Buddha Walks into a Bar and remember enjoying the beginning of that more。Probably just using the app is enough to learn what’s in this book。
Carlos Julian
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Excelente 👍🏻Una sencilla manera de abordar la meditación y el mindfulness， apta para todos！！！Muy recomendado para quien quiera iniciarse en estos temas！！！
Yashashree Gangavane
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Andy paints a beautifully relatable picture of meditation through anecdotes from his life inside and outside monasteries。 I would recommend this book to everyone willing to listen:1。 To to people who think meditation is not for them: This book will eliminate all misconceptions about meditation， and make you understand that it’s all about accepting your mind and assure you that it is indeed， for everyone。2。 To people who want to try out meditation: This book will encourage you to meditate and hel Andy paints a beautifully relatable picture of meditation through anecdotes from his life inside and outside monasteries。 I would recommend this book to everyone willing to listen:1。 To to people who think meditation is not for them: This book will eliminate all misconceptions about meditation， and make you understand that it’s all about accepting your mind and assure you that it is indeed， for everyone。2。 To people who want to try out meditation: This book will encourage you to meditate and help you out with beginners’ mistakes。3。 To people who meditate regularly: As someone who has reaped the benefits of meditation for over 10 months， this book is exactly what I will come back to， every time I feel discouraged or disconnected from meditation。 。。。more
Gaby Lopez
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Gives a good introduction to meditation and explains why the techniques used in the app are designed the way they are。 Makes meditation easy to understand and engage in。
Veronika Kuběnská
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A pleasant read and a very succint answer to my questions: what is midfulness， how can it help me and how can I start practising it？And the app is free！ Can't wait to start。 A pleasant read and a very succint answer to my questions: what is midfulness， how can it help me and how can I start practising it？And the app is free！ Can't wait to start。 。。。more
Eduardo Fernandez V
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I liked the book to the extent that it brings meditation easily to daily life。 Full of advices that can be built into a normal schedule。 Excercises can be done with or without the app， although I recommend downloading it。
Jus Jaisinghani
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It's a good book to understand Meditation and has clear exercises to follow the same， The stories are insightful and I loved reading in detail the explanations or processes which go into the creator of the app Headspace。 Having said that， if you are a user of headspace there is essentially very little new fundamental information in this book。 So I think this book is not for those who are using the app and are seeing the progress。 Otherwise， it's well written。 It's a good book to understand Meditation and has clear exercises to follow the same， The stories are insightful and I loved reading in detail the explanations or processes which go into the creator of the app Headspace。 Having said that， if you are a user of headspace there is essentially very little new fundamental information in this book。 So I think this book is not for those who are using the app and are seeing the progress。 Otherwise， it's well written。 。。。more
Andreea Micu
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A wonderful book especially for people who never tried meditation before and are curious to discover the benefits of this ancient practice :）
Eugenie
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Book for the month。The first time I heard of meditation was when I was an exchange student in the UK。 A friend from Germany were doing her meditation when I knocked her door。 I asked a bit details of how she conducted and thought it was a waste of time; yes I was just too mundane back then。 I did yoga off and on during 2019。 Before the start of each session， we are asked to take a min to calm down。 My first trying of meditation was when I experienced insomnia last year。 I tried to relax my body’ Book for the month。The first time I heard of meditation was when I was an exchange student in the UK。 A friend from Germany were doing her meditation when I knocked her door。 I asked a bit details of how she conducted and thought it was a waste of time; yes I was just too mundane back then。 I did yoga off and on during 2019。 Before the start of each session， we are asked to take a min to calm down。 My first trying of meditation was when I experienced insomnia last year。 I tried to relax my body’s recalling what my yoga teacher said “read your body from toes to the head， just relax every cell of your body and notice yourself sinking to the ground”， it worked so well to me when I focused on my body status and calm it down， I would fall asleep within 10mins or even shorter。 This book makes meditation so closed to life by telling his own stories。 I thought meditation means for sitting there closing eyes for a long time。 But in fact， it’s about the integration of the practice into our life， there is meditation when we eat， walk， exercise， sleep etc。。 the meditation is meant to be mindfulness（“ to be present， in the moment， Undistracted， it implies resting the mind in its natural state of awareness， which is free of bias or judgement。”） I just can’t agree more when reading the book， it shows the benefits of meditation bit by bit; I do agree that the more you push against something， the more tension you create。 In order to resist something， you need to have an idea of what it is。 It’s important to observe it， whether it’s the hatred， agitation， rage， indignation or happiness， excitement 。 Be aware of it and understand our own emotion， the process would help you go back to the natural status and be clearerIndeed， it’s a book worthy reading for the life。 。。。more
Kerry
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This is a really great tool for anyone curious about meditation。 Laying out the foundations， science and know how of basic meditation practice through story telling， lends to a really effective method of learning。 If you have wondered about meditation and want to give it a try this book will surely show you how to get started。 If you’ve been meditating a while this book is still useful and filled with great anecdotes and metaphors to reinforce your practice。
Jacob
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Possibly the most important book I’ve ever read。
Aman
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It was good but not something extraordinary and eye-opening。 The book contains simple practices for a calm and balanced living。 Recommended for someone new to this genre。
Diane
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The autobiography and basics behind Puddicombe's very popular "Headspace" app。 The autobiography and basics behind Puddicombe's very popular "Headspace" app。 。。。more
Menna Nasser
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I have been trying to meditate for over a year now using mobile applications where some person guide me what I should and how I should think and it got better and better by practicing， but I felt like I need to be able to do this on my own just knowing what I should do whenever I need to meditate without the use of an application or even the mobile phone as it's a sort of distraction for me。 I watched the headspace series on netflix and it was amazing that made me really excited to read this boo I have been trying to meditate for over a year now using mobile applications where some person guide me what I should and how I should think and it got better and better by practicing， but I felt like I need to be able to do this on my own just knowing what I should do whenever I need to meditate without the use of an application or even the mobile phone as it's a sort of distraction for me。 I watched the headspace series on netflix and it was amazing that made me really excited to read this book。In this book I found what I was looking for and I feel like I really learnt how to guide my mind and be aware of everything around me and that I don't need to be sitting and closing my eyes to meditate， I only need to be aware of what I'm doing and control my mind every time it wanders and start thinking about everything and get it back to focus on what I'm doing and it really helped me while praying as I used to overthink while praying and not focusing on the act itself but now things are different。 I'm so glad that I started meditating， it really changed alot of things and I feel I can control the impact my thoughts now and how to deal with them but it still needs alot of practice but I think it's a good start。 。。。more
Y
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This book conveys almost the same information and instruction on how to do meditations。 I would suggest to use the app instead of reading the book。 Instead of absorb a large amount of information in a batch by reading a book。 The app would let the users to learn the meditation skills incrementally and purposefully。 It naturally breakdown the practice of meditations in small chunks/sections， and each section will convey a piece of tip to help improve the skill of meditation a bit each time。
Mirco Blaser
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A very practical guide on how to implement meditation and mindfulness into your life。 I think this covers every aspect of meditation and it goes quite into depths I didn't expect it to go。 It's very applicable and straightforward but also quite well backed by science and personal stories， a great mix really。For myself， meditation helps me a lot to stay calm in stressful times。 I'm definitely much more present， relaxed and just a better version of myself when I meditate regularly。 For the last fe A very practical guide on how to implement meditation and mindfulness into your life。 I think this covers every aspect of meditation and it goes quite into depths I didn't expect it to go。 It's very applicable and straightforward but also quite well backed by science and personal stories， a great mix really。For myself， meditation helps me a lot to stay calm in stressful times。 I'm definitely much more present， relaxed and just a better version of myself when I meditate regularly。 For the last few years it's been an on and off thing really but about half a year ago I got more into it， doing guided sessions every weekday morning， trying out different apps and guides。 What I found out lately was that pure simple meditation， without any app or guide is what actually works best for me。 15 minutes every morning， focusing either on my breath or my thoughts， helped me tremendously and I can't recommend it enough。 。。。more
Hernán
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This seems to be a life changing experience。 For those people who are going through hard times or those that just want to live more at ease， this book really offers an alternative that definitely is worth a try。 Based on research and tons of experiences， meditation is a practice that can help you live in the present， simple as that， by which you learn to see your thoughts pass by， to not get obsessed with them， and since the way you feel is in your mind， to not depend on the good or bad things l This seems to be a life changing experience。 For those people who are going through hard times or those that just want to live more at ease， this book really offers an alternative that definitely is worth a try。 Based on research and tons of experiences， meditation is a practice that can help you live in the present， simple as that， by which you learn to see your thoughts pass by， to not get obsessed with them， and since the way you feel is in your mind， to not depend on the good or bad things life gives you to feel fine。 Sounds good to me。“But when it comes to the way you think and feel about those situations， the starting point is to acknowledge that it’s the mind itself that defines your experience。 This is why training the mind is so important。 By changing the way in which you see the world， you effectively change the world around you。” 。。。more
Ange
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This book breaks down meditation and practicing mindfulness into accessible bite-sized pieces。 It introduced many helpful analogies when thinking about meditation and mindfulness。 Beyond the step-by-step practical guide to meditation， it also provides suggestions for integrating mindfulness into daily life by incorporating it into common activities like eating， walking， exercising， and even sleeping。 I’m excited to try some of these techniques！
Tamara Bartlett
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Lots of crossover with material from the app。 So obviously， I like it
Chris Nash
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