Book description
Andy Puddicombe, founder of the much publicised Headspace, is on a
mission: to get people to take 10 minutes out of their day to sit in the
here and now. Here he shares his simple to learn, but highly effective
techniques of meditation. Accessible and portable, these powerful
techniques promise amazing results. Quiet the mind, feel less stressed,
less tired and achieve a new level of calm and fulfilment. By following
the daily exercises you will start to experience literally life changing
results. The benefits of mindfulness and meditation are now well
documented with doctors advising their patients to give it a try. Andy
brings this ancient practice into the modern world, tailor made for the
most time starved among us. For beginners and seasoned meditators alike,
here is the opportunity to harness and develop skills that will combat
the negative symptoms of our fast paced world, and that once learned,
will last a lifetime. Andy Puddicombe started learning to meditate at
the age of 11, and explored various approaches throughout his teens. In
his early twenties he decided to act on his hunch that there had to be
more to life, and set off to Asia to become a Buddhist monk. He became a
fully ordained monk at a Tibetan Monastery in the Indian Himalayas, and
spent many years living in monasteries and retreats throughout the
world. Andy returned to the UK in 2004 with one simple intention: to
demystify meditation, to make it accessible, relevant and beneficial to
as many people as possible. And thus the seeds of Headspace were sown.
Andy is now a registered Clinical Meditation Consultant with the UK
Healthcare Commission.
