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    The Little Book of Being: Practices and Guidance for Uncovering Your Natural Awareness
    The Little Book of Being: Practices and Guidance for Uncovering Your Natural Awareness
    The Little Book of Being: Practices and Guidance for Uncovering Your Natural Awareness
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    The Little Book of Being: Practices and Guidance for Uncovering Your Natural Awareness

    By Diana Winston

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    A practical guide for experiencing natural awareness—an effortless and spacious state of resting in the depth of our being.
     
    Do you recall, as a child, being enthralled by a drifting cloud, a rain-soaked leaf, a wandering ladybug? Or suddenly having a sense of timelessness, contentment, and ease? If so, then you've already had a taste of natural awareness.
                                             
    Known and revered in many traditions as a complement to focused mindfulness training, natural awareness transcends even these wondrous childhood moments. Some describe it as a profound “awareness of awareness”—an effortless, boundless state of resting in the depth of our being.

    For those new to meditation and experienced meditators alike, these 72 “mini-chapters” guide you on an in-depth odyssey into natural awareness, illuminated by many simple and enjoyable insights and exercises. The Little Book of Being invites you to explore: The spectrum of awareness practices, from focused mindfulness to flexible mindfulness to natural awarenessHow classical mindfulness and effortless natural awareness enrich and shape each other, and how to practice bothThree ways to move into natural awareness—relaxing effort, broadening awareness, and dropping objectsA treasury of “glimpse practices” to spark natural awareness anytime, in just a few momentsHow to bring this way of “simply being” into your daily life, into your connection with others, and into the world“At first natural awareness may seem far away, just a whisper, but then it will begin to grow and expand and permeate aspects of living. Over time we may feel more peace, more connection to ourselves. We may find ourselves taking life a bit more lightly. We may feel a sense of relaxed ‘beingness’ throughout the day, and when we do get caught in our dramas, we may find ourselves moving out of them quicker than we imagined we could.” —Diana Winston
     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateMar 5, 2019
    ISBN9781683643340
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    Diana Winston

    Diana Winston is the director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA Semel Institute’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC). She is the author of The Little Book of Being: Practices and Guidance for Uncovering Your Natural Awareness (Mindful magazine's "Best of 2019" top pick) and coauthor, with Dr. Susan Smalley, of Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness. She developed the evidence-based Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPS) curriculum and the Training in Mindfulness Facilitation, which trains mindfulness teachers worldwide. She is a founder of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. Her work has been mentioned or she has been quoted in the New York Times; O, The Oprah Magazine; Newsweek; the Los Angeles Times; Bloomberg; Women’s Health; and in a variety of magazines, books, and journals. She is also the author of Wide Awake: A Buddhist Guide for Teens, and has published numerous articles on mindfulness. Diana is a member of the Teacher's Council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Northern California. She has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 1989, including spending a year as a Buddhist nun in Burma. Currently, Diana’s most challenging and rewarding practice is the art of mindful parenting. For more information, visit dianawinston.com and uclahealth.org/marc. You can also find her on the Ten Percent Happier, Waking Up, and UCLA Mindful apps.

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