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  • How to Train a Wild Elephant & Other Adventures in Mindfulness

  • Simple Daily Mindfulness Practices for Living Life More Fully & Joyfully
  • By: Jan Chozen Bays MD
  • Narrated by: Jan Chozen Bays MD
  • Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (224 ratings)

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How to Train a Wild Elephant & Other Adventures in Mindfulness

By: Jan Chozen Bays MD
Narrated by: Jan Chozen Bays MD
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A growing body of research is showing that mindfulness can reduce stress, improve physical health, and improve one's overall quality of life.

Jan Chozen Bays, MD - physician and Zen teacher - has developed a series of simple practices to help us cultivate mindfulness as we go about our ordinary, daily lives. Exercises include: taking three deep breaths before answering the phone, noticing and adjusting your posture throughout the day, eating mindfully, and leaving no trace of yourself after using the kitchen or bathroom. Each exercise is presented with tips on how to remind yourself and a short life lesson connected with it.

©2011 Jan Chozen Bays (P)2014 Audible Inc.
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Happiness!

I listened to most of this audio book while on a 5 hour walk. It was the perfect companion!

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A mindfulness guide

This is a year long guide to bringing mindfulness more fully into your life. It is an easy to follow guide that will bring self discovery.

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Superb!!!

A fantastic and enjoyable practical guide to mindfulness and its applicability to everyday life. Simply a great work, which I will “read” again and again.

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Nice insight

I was a skeptical going into this book. I am truly glad that I opened myself up to listening and participating with the techniques. I found myself going back and replaying certain chapters. I would recommend this to everyone.

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Mindfulness Aphorisms

This book is full of maxims, aphorisms of mindfulness. It's written to assist and keep one on the path to enlightenment. Interestingly, you'll find, if you're already "practicing", that you've already experienced most of what is being read. Therefore, it becomes gratifying to know that the path you're walking is genuinely beneficial to you and indirectly everything. Be well, happy and peaceful.

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One of the best books I have ever found

This is one of those books that you can listen to over and over again. I feel lucky I found it.

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simple and practical mindfulness excercises

Written and read by the author, who is also a pediatrician, this audiobook presented simple mindfulness excercises. there were about 50 excercises applicable to most everyday situations. simple to understand and well presented. I recommend this to anyone looking for practical ways to be mindful in everyday situations..

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Outstanding

Best way understand and begin to practice Mindfulness that I've seen. Also gets you to the point where a realistic meditation practice could begin.

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Keeping in the present

Some good insight into mindfulness, things we take for granted in our daily lives. .

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Very useful points

Chapter 51 was worth this entire listen. Thank you for some very important reminders of such valuable tools

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