Mindfulness Now: 60 Ways to Experience Effortless Mindfulness

By Jesse Sands

A bite-size guide to incorporating mindfulness into your life—now!

Our minds never stop moving. We shuffle through the past, present, and future while our attention flits from thought to thought. Mindfulness is a way to slow down our ricocheting brains and gain clarity. It is simply the practice of being in the present moment, of focusing your thoughts and attention on what is in front of you. It’s a way to be more fully engaged in your life, make more thoughtful choices, and enjoy your day.

Mindfulness Now by Jesse Sands is filled with simple ways to practice mindfulness and meditation in your everyday life. The book is designed to make mindfulness practical for the modern day and accessible to everyone, no matter how busy your schedule may be. By bringing your focus to the present moment, you will learn to step away from worry and make the most of every day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
• Release date: Nov 3, 2020
• ISBN: 9781250765574

Jesse Sands

Jesse Sands lives with her family, including two cats and one senior iguana, outside of New York City. Her mission in life is to help her readers live more purposeful, fulfilling lives.

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INTRODUCTION

I wish I had been taught about mindfulness when I was a kid. It would have saved me a lot of time, trouble, and a whole bunch of drama.

I discovered mindfulness at a time in my life when everything seemed to be going wrong. My job sucked. I was single, but not happily so. I had a ton of credit card debt. I was eating and drinking too much. And on and on. I needed a change.

A friend of mine casually said over dinner one night, Hey, maybe you can come with me to meditation class—it’s really been helpful for me. Meditation class? There were few things I wanted to do less than go to a class to do what … just sit there? My life was a mess; I needed to take action, not just sit and pretend nothing was wrong.

She persisted, and so to appease her, I said yes. I thought I would go once, say, It’s not for me, but hey, thanks, and then never do it again. I went with her, wearing sweats and bringing a pillow (I’m not sure why I brought the pillow…), and together my friend and I walked into the meditation