What Happens in Mindfulness: Inner Awakening and Embodied Cognition – John Teasdale

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Summary

• 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.

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