The Monkey Is the Messenger: Meditation and What Your Busy Mind Is Trying to Tell You Contributor(s): de la Rosa, Ralph (Author), Piver, Susan (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1611805848 ISBN-13: 9781611805840 Publisher: Shambhala
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist) - Body, Mind & Spirit | Mindfulness & Meditation - Self-help | Personal Growth - Happiness |
Dewey: 158.12 |
LCCN: 2018012459 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" L (0.85 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist - Topical - New Age |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/24/2018 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An engaging, funny, and introductory guide for anyone who's overactive mind gets in the way of starting a regular meditation practice "My mind is so busy, I really need to meditate." "My mind is so busy, there's no way I can meditate." Familiar dilemma? These days just about all of us know we should be meditating, but that doesn't make it any easier to sit down and face the repetitive thoughts careening around our brains--seemingly pointless, sometimes hurtful, nearly always hard to control. Rather than quitting meditation or trying to wall off the monkey mind, Ralph De La Rosa suggests asking yourself a question: If you were to stop demonizing your monkey mind, would it have anything to teach you? In a roundabout way, could repetitive thoughts be pointing us in the direction of personal--and even societal--transformation? Poignant and entertaining, The Monkey Is the Messenger offers a range of evidence-based, somatic, and trauma-informed insights and practices drawn from De La Rosa's study of neuroscience and psychology and his long practice of meditation and yoga. Here at last--a remedy for all those who want to meditate but suppose they can't because they think too much. |
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