Mindfulness Based Living Course: A Self-help Version of the Popular Mindfulness Eight-week Course, Emphasising Kindness and Self-compassion, Including Guided Meditations

Choden · Heather Regan-Addis

Nov 2018 · John Hunt Publishing

About this ebook

A self-help version of the popular Mindfulness eight-week course, emphasising kindness and self-compassion. Mindfulness is an innate capacity of the mind that can be trained to alleviate stress and low mood, to reduce the power of rumination and self criticism, and to evoke emotional well being and proactivity. The Mindfulness Based Living Course is a practical guide to the development of a mindful approach to living in the modern world. Its distinctive feature is a compassionate approach to mindfulness that is based on many years of experience in the practice and delivery of mindfulness training by two of its leading exponents - the former Buddhist monk Choden and Heather Regan-Addis, both directors of the Mindfulness Association.

About the author

A monk within the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, Choden (aka Sean McGovern) completed a three-year, three-month retreat in 1997 and has been a practicing Buddhist since 1985. He co-wrote the bestselling Mindful Compassion with Prof. Paul Gilbert in 2013. He lives in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, UK.

Heather began training in Mindfulness with Rob Nairn in 2004. She is a British Wheel of Yoga trained yoga teacher, has a PGDip in Mindfulness Based Approaches from the University of Bangor, Wales and a Masters Degree in Studies in Mindfulness from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. In 2010 Heather co-founded the Mindfulness Association (www.mindfulnessassociation.net) which is now one of the largest Mindfulness Training and Mindfulness Teacher Training organisations in the UK. She lives in Lockerbie, UK.