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• Well known for applying mindfulness to the treatment of depression, pioneering researcher John Teasdale now explores the broader changes that people can experience through contemplative practices.
• What goes on in our minds when we are mindful?
• What does it mean to talk of mindfulness as a way of being?
• From a scientific perspective, how do core elements of contemplative traditions have their beneficial effects?
• Teasdale describes two types of knowing that human beings have evolved—conceptual and holistic–intuitive–and shows how mindfulness can achieve a healthier balance between them.