Scholastic

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

South Carolina

Brain-Focused Strategies for Learning-And Living

This research-based curriculum features 15 lessons that use the latest information about the brain to dramatically improve behavior and learning for all students. Each lesson offers easy strategies for helping students focus their attention, improve their self-regulation skills, build resilience to stress, and develop a positive mind-set in both school and life. The lessons fit easily into any schedule and require minimal preparation. Classroom management tips and content-area activities help you extend the benefits of MindUP throughout your day, week, and year!

Includes a full-color, innovative teaching poster with fascinating facts about the brain!

The Mindup Curriculum - Grades Prek-2

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California

Explains the art of living in harmony with natural and man-made environments and discusses how arranging one's surroundings can enhance personal relationships, business success, health, and happiness

Feng Shui (Complete Illustrated Guide)

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Jon Kabat-Zinn

In wonderful condition aside from a slight mark-up on the back cover.

Mindfulness and Why It Is So Important

Welcome to a master class in mindfulness.

Jon Kabat-Zinn is regarded as "one of the finest teachers of mindfulness you'll ever encounter" (Jack Kornfield). He has been teaching the tangible benefits of meditation in the mainstream for decades. Today, millions of people around the world have taken up a formal mindfulness meditation practice as part of their everyday lives. But what is meditation anyway? And why might it be worth trying? Or nurturing further if you already have practice?

Meditation Is Not What You Think answers those questions. Originally published in 2005 as part of a larger book entitled Coming to Our Senses, it has been updated with a new foreword by the author and is even more relevant today. If you're curious as to why meditation is not for the "faint-hearted," how taking some time each day to drop into awareness can actually be a radical act of love, and why paying attention is so supremely important, consider this book an invitation to learn more -- from one of the pioneers of the worldwide mindfulness movement.

Meditation Is Not What You Think

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Shefali Tsabary

Puerto Rico

How to Raise Empowered, Resilient, and Conscious Children

FINALIST FOR THE BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE AWARD • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Parents . . . you will be wowed and awed by [Dr. Shefali]." —Oprah Winfrey As seen on Oprah’s SuperSoul Sunday, a radically transformative plan that shows parents how to raise children to be their best, truest selves, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Conscious Parent. What if...? What if I told you that you can put an end to all of your parenting struggles? That you can learn to parent without fear or anxiety? That you can end conflict with your children? That you can create close and connected relationships within your family? …Would you accept this invitation to a revolution in parenting? We all have the capacity to raise children who are highly resilient and emotionally connected. However, many of us are unable to because we are blinded by modern misconceptions of parenting and our own inner limitations. In The Awakened Family, I show you how you can cultivate a relationship with your children so they can thrive; moreover, you can be transformed to a state of greater calm, compassion and wisdom as well. This book will take you on a journey to transcending your fears and illusions around parenting and help you become the parent you always wanted to be: fully present and conscious. It will arm you with practical, hands-on strategies and real-life examples from my experience as a parent and clinical psychologist that show the extraordinary power of being a conscious parent. Everyone in your family is ready to be awakened. Will you take this journey with me? —Shefali

The Awakened Family

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Susan Bogels

Finding Space to Be - in a World of to Do

Sometimes being a parent can seem like one long to-do list: taking the kids to and from school and clubs, arranging babysitters, feeding them and putting them to bed. Parents can feel trapped in a straitjacket of routine tasks, all of which prevent them spending quality time with their children. Professor Susan Bögels has been delivering training on this subject for over twenty years. Now, for the first time, she shares her expertise - and her experiences as both a parent and child - with a general audience. Mindful Parenting is an inspirational guide for busy parents who want to better understand the automatic ways in which they can react to stressful situations, and move from instinctive to more mindful responses. In a series of accessible chapters, Professor Bögels show how we can all find a balance between 'doing' and 'being' modes when interacting with our children. She also explains how to deal with stress, conflict, and guilt, and how to cultivate conscious, unbiased attention in a simple way. Together, the chapters can be approached as an 11-week course in mindful parenting, supported by easy-to-learn exercises and guided audio meditations.

Mindful Parenting

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Hunter Clarke-Fields

Carla Naumburg

A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids

A kinder, more compassionate world starts with kind and compassionate kids. In Raising Good Humans, mindfulness mentor, parenting coach, and mother of two Hunter Clarke-Fields offers parents practical and breakthrough strategies for conflict resolution and positive communication. Parents learn to break free from ingrained "reactive parenting" habits in order to forge better relationships with their children--relationships built on respect and cooperation.

Raising Good Humans

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Pedram Shojai

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Minnesota

Practical Mindfulness for Busy People

Easy-to-follow mindfulness exercises you can do every day to fundamentally transform your relationship with time.

We're all struggling to find time in our lives, but somehow there's never enough to go around. We're too tired to think, too wired to focus, less efficient than we want to be, and guilty about not getting enough time with our loved ones.

We all know that we feel starved for time, but what are we actually doing about it? Precious little. In The Art of Stopping Time, New York Times bestselling author Pedram Shojai guides us towards success with what he calls Time Prosperity--having the time to accomplish what you want in life without feeling compressed, stressed, overburdened, or hurried.

So how do we achieve this Time Prosperity? We learn to Stop Time. To do that, Shojai walks us though a 100-day Gong, which is based on the Chinese practice of designating an amount of time each day to perform a specific task. The ritual helps you become mindful, train your mind, instill new habits, and fundamentally transform your relationship with time. We can find moments of mental awareness while in the shower, eating a snack, listening to podcasts, and even while binge-watching our favorite TV shows.

He shares how to use Gongs to reprogram your habits, reduce stress, increase energy, exercise the ancient practice of mindfulness, and become a master of your time. Whether you do one per day, a bunch at a time, or read the whole book in one sitting, practicing the Gongs is a dedicated act of self-love that snaps us out of our daily trance and brings the light of awareness to our consciousness. The more we practice, the more we wake up, and the better off we are.

The Art of Stopping Time

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Lotta Jansdotter

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

A lifelong artist, Lotta Jansdotter has been creating patterns and motifs for fun since childhood and professionally since 1996. Her organic, playful, and timeless designs have appeared on everything from sewing and quilting fabrics to rugs, bedsheets, baby gear, dishes, and more. For Paper, Pattern, Play, Lotta happily focuses on the most basic and versatile of mediums: paper. Here she presents a colorful collection of both iconic favorites and brand-new creations, printed on a combination of perforated uncoated paper and cardstock, all meant to be torn out and enjoyed. She also shares prompts and instructions for creating easy, fun, and whimsical projects, including party decorations and favors, games, gift tags, gift wrap, labels, stickers, stationery, and assorted, as Lotta likes to say, bits and bobs.

Lotta Jansdotter Paper, Pattern, Play

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The Quest for the Peak Experience

Blending existential and occult thought, a highly acclaimed philosopher explains how we can find profound meaning and joy by inducing states of extreme awareness and emotion

Throughout history there have been references and examples in literature, art and philosophy of an increased awareness of life while under the influence of extreme emotions. These have become known as Peak Experiences. Soon after Colin Wilson became aware of this phenomenon in the 1960s, he wondered about its history and how its power could be harnessed, and began a forty-year investigation.
 
In Super Consciousness, we see how such luminaries as Yeats, Blake, Sartre, Nietzsche, and Robert Graves were affected by Peak Experiences, and how it has long been noted that we are least insightful when we are at our lowest ebb. By looking in detail through the different areas where this phenomenon has occurred--and by offering anecdotes and examples of how many people in history (as well as himself) were affected--Wilson reveals a pattern of insight with emotions. He ends the book with an instructional section on achieving power consciousness for yourself.

Super Consciousness

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Pennsylvania

75 Essential Meditations to Reduce Stress, Improve Mental Health, and Find Peace in the Everyday

Calm the mind and find peace with these simple mindfulness meditations

Mindfulness is an evidence-based method for reducing stress, enhancing resilience, and maintaining mental well-being. Even short meditations can turn a bad day around, ground us in the present moment, and help us approach life with gratitude and kindness.

Practicing Mindfulness was created by the founder of One Mind Dharma. He developed these 75 essential exercises to offer practical guidance for anyone who wants to realize the benefits of mindful meditation. This includes expert advice on dealing with distorted or wandering thoughts and how to handle mental blocks.

Early meditations in Practicing Mindfulness take just 5 minutes and are highly accessible. As they progress, exercises grow with the reader, building on previous lessons to develop a transformative mindfulness practice. With meditations designed for specific situations or emotions, even experienced practitioners will have a continuing resource for mindfulness at every moment.

Begin a journey of peace and patience today on the path to a calmer, more balanced life with Practicing Mindfulness.

Practicing Mindfulness

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A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship, a Toltec Wisdom Book

In The Mastery of Love, don Miguel Ruiz illuminates the fear-based beliefs and assumptions that undermine love and lead to suffering and drama in our relationships. Using insightful stories to bring his message to life, Ruiz shows us how to heal our emotional wounds, recover the freedom and joy that are our birthright, and restore the spirit of playfulness that is vital to loving relationships. The Mastery of Love includes: • Why "domestication" and the "image of perfection" lead to self-rejection • The war of control that slowly destroys most relationships • Why we hunt for love in others, and how to capture the love inside us • How to finally accept and forgive ourselves and others "Happiness can only come from inside of you and is the result of your love. When you are aware that no one else can make you happy, and that happiness is the result of your love, this becomes the greatest mastery of the Toltec: the Mastery of Love." — don Miguel Ruiz

The Mastery of Love

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Ramesh Richard

Tennessee

6 Spiritual Laws for Energized Living

In this introspective, reader-oriented book, believers and non-believers alike are invited on a thoughtful journey of self-discovery and understanding through the steps of discovering how to fill the spiritual void by letting Jesus into their hearts.

Mending Your Soul

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Mark Williams

Danny Penman

An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World

MINDFULNESS reveals a set of simple yet powerful practices that can be incorporated into daily life to help break the cycle of anxiety, stress, unhappiness, and exhaustion. It promotes the kind of happiness and peace that gets into your bones. It seeps into everything you do and helps you meet the worst that life throws at you with new courage. The book is based on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). MBCT revolves around a straightforward form of mindfulness meditation which takes just a few minutes a day for the full benefits to be revealed. MBCT has been clinically proven to be at least as effective as drugs for depression and is widely recommended by US physicians and the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - in other words, it works. More importantly it also works for people who are not depressed but who are struggling to keep up with the constant demands of the modern world. MBCT was developed by the book's author, Oxford professor Mark Williams, and his colleagues at the Universities of Cambridge and Toronto. By investing just 10 to 20 minutes each day, you can learn the simple mindfulness meditations at the heart of MBCT and fully reap their benefits. The book includes links to audio mediations to help guide you through the process. You'll be surprised by how quickly these techniques will have you enjoying life again.

Mindfulness

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Colorado

How Your Quest for Meaning Is Meaningless Without God

What makes life meaningful? More to the point, what makes our life meaningful? Without a good answer to that question, we can expend much energy and experience much anxiety as we attempt to live lives of significance, only to find that in the end we missed the point entirely and along the way were deeply dissatisfied. But there is hope. In Why You Matter, Michael Sherrard shows that life is only meaningful if God exists. He then shows how that fundamental fact provides clarity for some of the most important questions of our lives, including - Who am I? - How should I treat others? - What should I do with my life? - How do I make sense of suffering? If you have struggled with a sense of self-worth and direction in your life, or if you have a friend, colleague, or family member who is searching for meaning in a world of suffering, chaos, and uncertainty, Why You Matter will give you confidence that your life matters--but maybe not for the reasons you think.

Why You Matter

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Edmund J. Bourne

Nevada

Fourth Edition

Anxiety problems are the most common of all mental health problems in Canada, affecting approximately one in 10 people.The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook is a major revision of New Harbinger's bestselling workbook. It provides step-by-step help for sufferers of anxiety and phobia disorders and offers the latest treatment strategies.Changes to this edition include new information on the latest medications for anxiety, on health-related conditions that aggravate anxiety, and on mindfulness meditation for anxiety management. As with previous editions, this book contains the most up-to-date information on medications, natural supplements and complementary strategies that can alleviate anxiety symptoms. The sections on relaxation, nutrition and exercise are updated and expanded.Reid Wilson, author of Don't Panic, described The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook as "a great resource for a holistic approach." And The Authoritative Guide to Self-Help Resources in Mental Health gave this book its highest rating, praising it as "a highly regarded and widely known resource."

The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook

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Dan Harris

How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story

#1 New York Times Bestseller Winner of the 2014 Living Now Book Award for Inspirational Memoir "An enormously smart, clear-eyed, brave-hearted, and quite personal look at the benefits of meditation." —Elizabeth Gilbert Nightline anchor Dan Harrisembarks on an unexpected, hilarious, and deeply skeptical odyssey through the strange worlds of spirituality and self-help, and discovers a way to get happier that is truly achievable. After having a nationally televised panic attack, Dan Harris knew he had to make some changes. A lifelong nonbeliever, he found himself on a bizarre adventure involving a disgraced pastor, a mysterious self-help guru, and a gaggle of brain scientists. Eventually, Harris realized that the source of his problems was the very thing he always thought was his greatest asset: the incessant, insatiable voice in his head, which had propelled him through the ranks of a hypercompetitive business, but had also led him to make the profoundly stupid decisions that provoked his on-air freak-out. Finally, Harris stumbled upon an effective way to rein in that voice, something he always assumed to be either impossible or useless: meditation, a tool that research suggests can do everything from lower your blood pressure to essentially rewire your brain. 10% Happier takes readers on a ride from the outer reaches of neuroscience to the inner sanctum of network news to the bizarre fringes of America’s spiritual scene, and leaves them with a takeaway that could actually change their lives.

10% Happier Revised Edition

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Tal Ben-Shahar

In his New York Times bestseller Happier, positive psychology expert Tal Ben-Shahar taught us how to become happier through simple exercises.

Now, in Choose the Life You Want, he has a new, life-changing lesson to share: Drawing on the latest psychological research, Ben-Shahar shows how making the right choices—not the big, once-in-a-lifetime choices, but the countless small choices we make every day almost without noticing—has a direct, long-lasting impact on our happiness.

Every single moment is an opportunity to make a conscious choice for a happy and fulfilled life. Choose the Life You Want covers 101 such choices, complete with real-life stories, to help you identify and act on opportunities large and small.

The Mindful Way to Happiness

What kind of life do you want for yourself? What choices will create this kind of life? In his New York Times bestseller Happier, positive psychology expert Tal Ben-Shahar taught us how to become happier through simple exercises. Now, in Choose the Life You Want, he has a new, life-changing lesson to share: Drawing on the latest psychological research, Ben-Shahar shows how making the right choices—not the big, once-in-a-lifetime choices, but the countless small choices we make every day almost without noticing—has a direct, long-lasting impact on our happiness. Every single moment is an opportunity to make a conscious choice for a happy and fulfilled life. Choose the Life You Want covers 101 such choices, complete with real-life stories, to help you identify and act on opportunities large and small.

Choose the Life You Want

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“Finding Gratitude : Simple Ideas That Can Change Your Life” by Rebekah Lipp & Nicole Perry

Finding Gratitude 

“The Mindfulness Journal : exercises to help you find peace and calm wherever you are” by Corinne Sweet

The Mindfulness Journal 

Karen Bluth

Kristin Neff

Mindfulness and Compassion Skills to Overcome Self-Criticism and Embrace Who You Are

Teens are often their own worst critics. This workbook offers valuable tools based in mindfulness and self-compassion to help teens overcome self-judgment and self-criticism, cultivate compassion toward themselves and others, and embrace who they really are. 8 x 10.

The Self-Compassion Workbook for Teens

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Sharon Salzberg

Some wear on front cover and top edge of book but otherwise great condition.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

New Hampshire

A Practical Companion

A friend criticizes you. You grow impatient with someone you''re trying to help. A cell phone user annoys you on a train. Would your first response to these situations be kindness? In The Kindness Handbook, Sharon Salzberg explores with insight and clarity how kindness for ourselves and others can be the quality we choose to steer our lives by.

From the foundation of this transformative practice and its entry point through you, to its daily expression in your life, this book features a thoughtful collection of anecdotes, stories, and practical tools to inspire kindness for any life situation. The Kindness Handbook is your personal companion to explore the rich landscape of kindness-and help you see just how it might shift and open up your life to greater joy, meaning, and compassion.

 

"For kindness to be more fully realized, it needs to be distinguished from being ineffectual or meek. It also needs to be infused with wisdom, supported by courage, and threaded with balance."

-Sharon Salzberg, author of The Kindness Handbook

 

"This book is like having Sharon and her gentle wisdom on call, 24-7, to remind you that in every moment, kindness can make a huge difference in how the next moment unfolds, in yourself and in others. This simple practice will light up and lighten your life."

-Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Coming to Our Senses and Arriving at Your Own Door

 

"Sharon Salzberg is a powerful teacher of the enduring value of kindness. Here she brings her teachings to us in a beautiful and accessible form through moving stories and powerful exercises. The world needs more kindness. Sharon is showing us the way."

-Roshi Joan Halifax, abbot at the Upaya Zen Center

 

"With the deep wisdom gained by her many years of dharma practice and the greatness of her Being, Sharon leads us gently with confident strength and inspiration down the path to true happiness and love. Sleep with this book under your pillow!"

-Krishna Das, author of Flow of Grace

The Kindness Handbook

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Jeffrey Brantley

Wendy Millstine

Utah

Reduce Stress, Reset, and Find Peace Right Now

How can you find true peace of mind and contentment, even when the going gets tough? This portable pick-me-up will show you how--all in just five good minutes. In difficult or stressful times, peace of mind can be hard to come by. That's why you need a quick antidote to help you find calm and serenity--no matter what the world throws your way. Using the proven-effective mindfulness practices in this use-anywhere guide, you'll learn how to slow down, relax, and appreciate what's good in your life--all in just moments a day. In Five Good Minutes of Mindfulness, Dr. Jeffrey Brantley--founder and director of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program at Duke Integrative Medicine--shows us that true serenity and happiness are within our reach, even when we feel like all is lost. Using the quick and easy mindfulness practices in this guide, you'll find tons of ways to take stock of what matters to you, stay present in the moment, and soothe stress before it takes over. Whether you're at home, at work, or simply at your wit's end, five good minutes can be found in actions as simple as stretching your body, savoring a delicious meal with your loved ones, or jotting down your thoughts in a gratitude journal. If you're ready to harness the amazing benefits of mindfulness in just minutes a day, this little guide offers small mindful practices for finding your own joy amidst the chaos of our modern world. Isn't it time you took five good minutes?

Five Good Minutes of Mindfulness

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Yolanda Acree

A great purse-sized guide to help find ease in everyday life! 

North Carolina

Practical Strategies for Finding Harmony in Your Home, Work, and Life

Get on the path to a simpler life with mindful strategies that work.

Simplifying your life is easier said than done. But, with a little guidance, you've got this! Mindful Simplicity delivers simple, mindfulness-based strategies to declutter and organize every facet of your life--at home, at work, in relationships, with money, and more.

This easy-to-read, step-by-step guide presents practical tips, helpful advice, and daily inspiration so you can wrangle the clutter and spend more quality time and energy on the people and things that matter most. Sound good? Take a deep breath and get started on the right path to balance today with Mindful Simplicity.

Inside this exploration of mindful simplicity you'll find:

 * Overcome clutter--Start where it's easiest for you--and improve all areas of your life through mindful simplicity.
 * Keep confident--Positive affirmations will encourage you every step of the way in your quest to achieve a simpler, more rewarding life.
 * Easy-to-follow format--This attractive, well-organized guide is easy-to-read and easy-to-understand so you can put mindful simplicity into practice right away.

Discover how you can simplify and clarify your life, work, and finances with Mindful Simplicity.

Mindful Simplicity

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5-Minute Mindfulness for Women Who Do It All--Ditch the Stress Without Losing Your Edge

Take five for mindfulness: Say no to burnout, and yes to balance!



For so many women, "work-life balance" is a myth. And when you're already juggling a career, personal life, and family--plus your side projects, a smidgen of self-care, and the occasional need to sleep--"mindfulness" can sound like just another thing to do.



But if you take five minutes for mindfulness now and then, it may not only save your sanity--but also springboard your success. Let psychotherapist Shonda Moralis coach you through fifty "mindful breaks" ingeniously tied to your hectic schedule:
 * Breathe mindful breaks promote calm and awareness through meditation, starting with "Coffee" (page 39)
 * Empower mindful breaks bolster your self-confidence--say, to "Unmute Yourself" during a meeting (page 149)
 * Achieve mindful breaks help you set and conquer goals . . . for example, by asking: "Why Not Me?" (page 240)

 If you think you don't have time for mindfulness, this book is definitely for you.

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