The Way Of The Mindful Warrior

The Way of the Mindful Warrior provides a fresh, authentic, and structured path to using mindfulness to embrace living in awareness and reconnecting with our innermost nature of peace, wisdom, and compassion. Mindfulness is a 2,500-year-old Buddhist meditation practice that involves focusing awareness on the present moment, the only place where an individual can truly embrace and experience life. In recent decades, mindfulness has gained popularity amongst scientists, healthcare practitioners, and the public more generally. An abundance of popular books has subsequently emerged providing different interpretations of how to practice mindfulness and apply it in daily-living contexts. However, most current approaches to mindfulness have removed it from its traditional spiritual context or overlook important scientific insights from research into this ancient contemplative technique. The Way of Mindful Warrior addresses this oversight and integrates the traditional Buddhist teachings on mindfulness with emerging insights from the scientific study of mindfulness, wellbeing and the human mind. This book is timely and presents a fresh, easily digestible, and structured path to using mindfulness not only as a tool for coping with the stresses and strains of contemporary living, but also as a means to cultivating unconditional wellbeing and for flourishing as a human being.

The vehicle for the journey......SpiritualityThe route.....The Path of The Warrior The destination......Into YourselfIf you want true freedom, if you want true courage, if you want true liberation, just take a look at your own mind. Mindfulness is the first "ground" to Self-Mastery. Whether you're a high achiever, athlete, entrepreneur, spiritual seeker or modern warrior, mindfulness is the discipline we need to cultivate in a world riddled with fear and uncertainty. Blending contemporary knowledge, ancient eastern philosophy, and mindful training techniques, author Michael Keon shows us the path of the Mindful Warrior. A path that when fully immersed in will result in a revolution of body, mind, and spirit.

While much of the world runs around in circles, the Mindful Warrior remains still. During storms of life, the mind of a Mindful Warrior is clear. How is this possible? The practice of mindfulness is a time-honored pathway to finding peace and happiness. As you learn to slow down and make each moment important, you begin to see the world with new eyes. You notice something beautiful and stop to take a closer look. You are surprised by the magic you find there. Alive with wonder, you feel like a child discovering the world for the very first time. Your heart opens and you feel like anything is possible. You decide to make this way of life your own, and inner peace becomes a priority. As you become a mighty warrior of the space within, you reclaim your power. No longer are you blown around by the forces of life, you BECOME the force of life. The Mindful Warrior is an inspiring story of a single mother on her own journey of healing and transformation. One day she cries alone on a park bench and a stranger sits down. From that moment forward, her life is never the same. Weaved throughout this story are powerful tools that you can use right now in your life. As you read, you grow right alongside the main character and discover how the practice of mindfulness has the power to set you free. Praise for The Mindful Warrior: This book is GOLD! I read it in an afternoon and I learned so much from it. I feel inspired to slow down, be more mindful and savor every moment. My heart is full. Thank you! I love the large print. It was easy to read and I could not put it down. What a joy! If you are looking for an easy way to change your life, read this book. You will be glad you did. You can heal your heart and mind with mindfulness. Read The Mindful Warrior to find out how. I am blown away by the power of this book!

#1 New Release in Military Families ─ Coping with the Stress of First Responder Life A traumatic way of life: First responders have the incredibly difficult job of running toward danger while the rest of us run away. No training can prepare them for what they will see and endure. Kim Colegrove understands what it’s like to watch someone go through that. After 30 years in law enforcement, her husband took his own life. This agonizing experience opened Kim’s eyes to the desperate need for an effective form of stress-relief and support for first responders. The power of meditation: No matter our profession, taking care of our mental health needs to be a priority. For first responders like cops and EMTs, ensuring that their heads are in a healthy place is crucial because each day can bring them face-to-face with another trauma. With 40 years of experience, Kim Colegrove is here to share with readers that there is a viable and practical resource for first responders found in meditation. A source of hope: In 2017, Kim founded The PauseFirst Project, Mindfulness for First Responders. Kim offers the PauseFirst block of training to organizations across the country. She teaches techniques that help reduce stress, regulate emotion, and improve overall health and well-being. Colegrove’s work to bring awareness is a tribute to both her husband and the countless other first responders who struggle with the realities of their jobs. Readers of Kim Colegrove’s Mindfulness for Warriors will find… • Evidence-based practices to help first responders and their families deal with stress • Interviews with first responders who share their stories of overcoming, surviving, and thriving • Colegrove’s own raw and intimate story of her husband’s troubles and how she continues each day fighting in his memory Readers who have looked for encouragement messages and aid in books like Bulletproof Spirit, Bullets in the Washing Machine, and I Love a Cop (Third Edition) will find a further source of healing in Mindfulness for Warriors.

A world champion athlete visits "other worlds" with the help of an old warrior named "Socrates."

Blending the traditional Buddhist teachings on mindfulness with emerging insights from the use and scientific study of mindfulness in research and applied psychological settings, "The Mindful Warrior" restores its place as a uniquely spiritual practice. When modern society seems to draw us into everyday concerns, the Mindful Warrior has the courage to step back and reconnect with their inner peace, wisdom and compassion. If we make our home in the present, we can never be lost.

Adolescents face unique pressures and worries. Will they pass high school? Should they go to college? Will they find love? And what ways do they want to act in the world? The uncertainty surrounding the future can be overwhelming. Sadly, and all too often, if things don’t go smoothly, adolescents will begin labeling themselves as losers, unpopular, unattractive, weird, or dumb. And, let’s not forget the ubiquitous ‘not good enough’ story that often begins during these formative years. These labels are often carried forward throughout life. So what can you do, now, to help lighten this lifelong burden? The Thriving Adolescent offers teachers, counselors, and mental health professionals powerful techniques for working with adolescents. Based in proven- effective acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), the skills and tips outlined in this book will help adolescents and teens manage difficult emotions, connect with their values, achieve mindfulness and vitality, and develop positive relationships with friends and family. The evidence-based practices in this book focus on developing a strong sense of self, and will give adolescents the confidence they need to make that difficult transition into adulthood. Whether it’s school, family, or friend related, adolescents experience a profound level of stress, and often they lack the psychological tools to deal with stress in productive ways. The skills we impart to them now will help set the stage for a happy, healthy adulthood. If you work with adolescents or teens, this is a must-have addition to your professional library.

Discover how to shed old thinking patterns—and live more joyfully with food. Are you ready to get to the roots of your challenges around food—whether it's gratuitous snacking, compulsive or emotional eating, indulging cravings, overeating, or other disheartening habits? Be ready to get mindful. Mindfulness can be the deciding factor between your successful adoption of a healthy vegan diet and repeated frustrating attempts. This simple technique goes under the surface of what is hampering your happiness, providing a sought-after solution to many of life's ups and downs by rewiring your reactivity to challenges. Certified mindfulness meditation facilitator, award winning health educator, and longtime vegan advocate Lani Muelrath has been practicing mindfulness meditation for 25 years. In The Mindful Vegan, she teaches you how to practice mindfulness and shows how it can bring freedom and a new joy to your eating—and living—experience. Backed by extensive research, with step-by-step instructions, personal stories, positivity, humor, and a handful of delicious recipes, The Mindful Vegan will help you emancipate yourself from the stranglehold that mindless and compulsive eating have on your weight, health, food choices, and, most of all, peace of mind. With Lani's guidance, you'll learn the techniques of mindfulness meditation, opening the door to creating a more resilient vegan lifestyle. You'll discover why eating in a way that lines up with your convictions about health, the environment, and ethics reduces stress and increases happiness. The Mindful Vegan sets you on a path to cultivating your capacity for genuine happiness and a more peaceful life--in a way that is personally satisfying and aligned with your deepest values. This book is for anyone who wants to be free of frustrating and baffling eating behaviors, experience a new ease around eating, and discover their naturally healthy body and weight. Stop stressing. Start living—and eating—mindfully. Your body and mind will thank you.