Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Anyone Can Do It, and It Changes Everything xi
Part 1 How to Practice Mindfulness
What Is Mindfulness? Jan Chozen Bays 3
A Receptive, Respectful Awareness Jack Kornfield 7
Is Mindfulness for You? Susan Smalley Diana Winston 11
Here, Now, Aware Joseph Goldstein 21
Mindfulness Meditation Instructions Bob Stahl Elisha Goldstein 28
Mindfulness FAQ Jeff Brantley 38
Mindfulness and Awareness Chögyam Trungpa 46
Mindfulness for Everyone Norman Fischer 49
Why Mindfulness Matters Jon Kabat-Zinn 57
Part 2 Mindfulness in Daily Life
Mindfulness Makes Us Happy Thich Nhat Hanh 65
Do Dishes, Rake Leaves Karen Maezen Miller 68
Wild Raspberries Bob Howard 73
Let Your Passion Cook Edward Espe Brown 79
Digital Mindfulness Steve Silberman 84
Your Mind and Your Money Kristi Nelson 91
At Work, Be a Don't-Know-It-All Michael Carroll 97
Mindfulness, Photography, and Living an Artistic Life Andy Karr Michael Wood 101
Making Music Madeline Bruser 106
Senior Moment, Wonderful Moment Sue Moon 113
Part 3 Mindfulness, Health, and Healing
Paying Attention to Our Own Mind and Body Ellen Langer 119
This Is Your Brain on Mindfulness Matthieu Ricard 127
The Proven Benefits of Mindfulness Daniel Siegel 136
Living Well With Chronic Pain Vidyamala Burch 140
Sickness Is Like the Weather Toni Bernhard 149
Healing Trauma Claude Anshin Thomas 153
Mindfulness and Addiction Recovery Lawrence Peltz 159
Mindfully Shy Steve Flowers 166
Mindful Eating Jan Chozen Bays 177
Caring for the Wounded Places Saki F. Santorelli 185
Part 4 Interpersonal Mindfulness
The Great Mirror of Relationship Dzogchen Ponlop 193
The Natural Warmth of the Heart Pema Chödrön 196
From Me to Us Ronald D. Siegel 202
Are You Listening? David Rome Hope Martin 211
Stop, Go, Wait Susan Chapman 219
Parenting with Mindful Awareness Myla Jon Kabat-Zinn 227
Mindfulness for Children Susan Kaiser Greenland 236
A Mindful Consumer Can Help Change the World Daniel Goleman 242
Taking Responsibility for the World's Well-Being The Fourteenth Dalai Lama 248
Creating a Mindful Society Barry Boyce 252
Resources 265
Contributors 271
Credits 280
Mindful.org 285
About the Shambhala Sun 286