Neurodharma
7 Steps to the Highest Happiness
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- £9.99
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- £9.99
Publisher Description
‘Accessible and gentle, there is deep wisdom here from which all may benefit’ Professor Mark Williams, bestselling author of Mindfulness
'Astonishing' Ruby Wax
Explore the new neuroscience of awakening and develop lasting inner peace in a changing world
In Neurodharma, leading psychologist Rick Hanson explores the heights of human potential – and how to become as wise and strong, happy and loving, as any person can ever be. Combining new science and ancient wisdom, he shows how to develop unshakeable presence of mind, deep contentment, liberating insight and a courageous heart.
With practical suggestions, guided meditations and warm encouragement, he offers an inspiring vision of who we
can be – and an effective path for embodying this wonderful possibility.
'A brilliant and unprecedented offering' Deepak Chopra
'Rick Hanson has a rare ability to inspire us to our fullest potential while giving us practical, actionable tools for our everyday lives' Marie Forleo, author of Everything is Figureoutable
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Psychologist Hanson (Buddha's Brain) explores the neuroscience of Buddhist psychology and meditation in this stimulating study. Drawing on scientific research about the benefits of meditation practice, Hanson presents a framework of seven practices tied to the Buddhist process of awakening: steadying the mind, warming the heart, resting in fullness, finding wholeness, receiving nowness, opening into allness, and finding timelessness. He also argues that meditation increases the brain's ability to form new habits. For example, mental anguish, he writes, is a consequence of different parts of the mind struggling against each other; meditation can rewire the brain to sit at the "emergent edge of now" before the onset of mental suffering. Though the reading suggestions on neuroscience and Buddhist works highlighted in boxes throughout seem superfluous, embedded in each chapter are wide-ranging, useful instructions related to meditative practices. This highly accessible primer on the neuroscience of Buddhist psychology and meditation will appeal to novice and expert meditators alike.
