Mindfulness in Action: Making Friends With Yourself Through Meditation and Everyday Awareness

"Mindfulness is the direct path to insight-and no one has ever illuminated that wonderful path more skillfully than Chögyam Trungpa."-Pema Chödrön

The rewards of mindfulness practice are well proven: reduced stress, improved concentration, and an overall sense of well-being. But those benefits are just the beginning; it can also help us work more effectively with life's challenges, expanding our appreciation and potential for creative engagement. This book provides all the basics to get you started, but also goes deeper to address the questions that naturally arise as your practice matures and further insight arises. A distillation of teachings on the subject by one of the great meditation masters of our time, it serves as an introduction to the practice as well as a guide to the ongoing mindful journey.