Preface: The Mindfulness Landscape Today
Introduction: Understanding Mindfulness
PRACTICE: Mindfulness of Breath
Section 1: Finding Peace in the Body
1. Living with Embodied Awareness
2. Listening and Tending to the Body
3. Working Carefully with Physical Pain
PRACTICE: Attuning to Pain with Kind Attention
4. Finding Refuge in Transience and Uncertainty
PRACTICE: Meditating on Impermanence
5. Meeting Aging with Kind Awareness
PRACTICE: Embracing Aging with Kind Awareness
6. Embracing Death’s Invitation
7. Riding the Waves of Pleasure and Pain
PRACTICE: Exploring the Waves of Joy and Pain
8. Understanding the True Nature of the Body
PRACTICE: Exploring the Selfless Nature of the Body
Section 2: Finding Peace in the Mind
9. Working with the Thinking Mind
PRACTICE: Mindfulness of Thoughts
10. The Ceaseless Conjuring of What Isn’t
PRACTICE: Seeing through Perceptual Distortion
11. The Restless Comparing Mind
PRACTICE: Noticing the Comparing Mind
12. Identifying the Judging Mind
PRACTICE: Recognizing the Judging Mind
14. Shining the Light on Views and Beliefs
PRACTICE: Mindfulness of Views
15. Knowing Dissatisfaction and Its Causes
PRACTICE: Understanding Dissatisfaction
16. Learning the Wisdom of Letting Go
PRACTICE: The Practice of Letting Go
PRACTICE: Abiding in Nonattachment
18. The Changing Nature of Self
PRACTICE: Exploring the Changing Nature of Self
19. Releasing Mistaken Identity
PRACTICE: Examining the Nature of Self
20. The Causal Nature of Everything
PRACTICE: Reflecting on Causality
21. Exploring the Nature of Awareness
PRACTICE: Mindfulness of Awareness Itself
Section 3: Finding Peace in the Heart
22. Opening to Vulnerability with a Kind Heart
PRACTICE: Attuning to Vulnerability
23. Learning to Manage Triggering Emotions
PRACTICE: Working with Triggers
24. Cultivating Self-Compassion
PRACTICE: Developing Self-Compassion
PRACTICE: Shifting from Judgment to Kindness
27. Living with a Steady Heart
PRACTICE: Cultivating a Steady Heart
28. Delighting in the Joy of Others
PRACTICE: Celebrating the Joy of Others
29. Extending Compassion to Others
PRACTICE: Developing Compassion for Others
Section 4: Finding Peace in the World
30. Mindfulness in Relationships
PRACTICE: Radical Acceptance in Relationship
31. Freeing Ourselves from Self-Centeredness
PRACTICE: Examining Self-Centeredness
32. We’re All in This Together
PRACTICE: Developing Interconnectedness
PRACTICE: Cultivating Generosity
34. Waking Up to Unconscious Bias
35. Waking Up to Nature as Teacher
PRACTICE: Gleaning Wisdom from Nature
36. Being a Steward of the Earth