Fully Present

Résumé du livre

Susan L. Smalley is the founder and leader of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at the University of California in Los Angeles. She is a professor of psychiatry whose research focuses on the benefits of mindfulness. Diana Winston is a popular mindfulness teacher who teaches throughout the US and Asia. She is also the head of the Mindfulness Education Department at the University of California in Los Angeles.

Negative emotions are a natural part of life, yet many of us lack the tools to manage them effectively due to insufficient emotional education during childhood. Without guidance from schools or parents, we often inherit ineffective coping mechanisms, such as projecting emotions outward or suppressing them entirely. Mindfulness meditation offers a constructive alternative by encouraging awareness and acceptance of emotions, as well as attention to their physical manifestations. This practice, though requiring patience and consistency, can help us observe emotions without being overwhelmed by them. Similarly, mindfulness can transform our relationship with pain, separating it from the suffering we impose through our reactions. Techniques like mindful breathing and body scan meditation anchor us in the present, while mindful walking and eating foster a deeper connection to our surroundings and experiences. Mindfulness also extends beyond personal well-being, offering tools to break negative habits and cultivate compassion through practices like loving-kindness meditation. By integrating mindfulness into daily life, we can nurture focus, gratitude, and empathy, creating a more balanced and fulfilling existence.

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