I'm Mindful, Now What?

Moving Beyond Mindfulness to Meet the Modern World

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Pub Date Aug 20 2024 | Archive Date Aug 27 2024

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Meditation can be so much more than 20 minutes of tranquility a day. “With some initial practice,” shares Andrew Holecek, “you’ll bring a mind that is more present, open, sensitive, kind, and aware into every facet of life. Wherever you go, your wondrous mind will go with you.”

Mindfulness is everywhere—now widely considered an essential part of a healthy lifestyle, much like exercise, diet, and good sleep. Yet many of us who practice mindfulness wonder: Now what? If you’ve sensed the potential for something much deeper and more impactful than temporary stress reduction and calm in the stillness of the present moment, expert teacher Andrew Holecek offers an exciting, inviting guide for what is possible in the vast, transformative world of meditation beyond mindfulness.

With I’m Mindful, Now What?, Holecek reveals how the form of mindfulness many of us know is merely one thread in a time-honored and much richer tapestry of contemplative practice.

Here he presents an encompassing survey of the many dimensions of meditation—including paths for opening your heart, nurturing compassion, connecting with your body, expanding your dreaming life, and investigating the fundamental nature of reality.

In accessible language geared for both first-timers and the experienced, Holecek shares insights and tools to help you develop your practice, stretch your limits while navigating the pitfalls, use “meditation snacks” to open new directions, and more.

Meditation can be so much more than 20 minutes of tranquility a day. “With some initial practice,” shares Andrew Holecek, “you’ll bring a mind that is more present, open, sensitive, kind, and aware...


Advance Praise

“I’m Mindful, Now What? is a tour de force of the varieties of meditative experience, both in formal sitting meditation and through meditation in action for everyday life. Based on those experiences, we are offered pathways that allow us to expand mindfulness into insight, awareness, and wisdom.” —Joseph Parent, PhD, author of A Walk in the Wood: Meditations on Mindfulness with a Bear Named Pooh

“A rare jewel of a book by a rare jewel of an author, scholar, practitioner, teacher, and humanitarian! Written in a clear and easy style, Andrew leads us on a tour of the wonders of the mind, which can be revealed through successive stages of meditative practice. Mindfulness, insight, metta, open awareness, reverse meditation, and the nocturnal practices are brilliantly laid out in a smooth and accessible progression. This book is perfect for people just beginning to explore their minds as well as oldsters like me, who have been stumbling in the wilderness for decades.” —Adam Engle, JD, MBA, cofounder, chair, and CEO emeritus, Mind & Life Institute

“I’m Mindful, Now What? is a tour de force of the varieties of meditative experience, both in formal sitting meditation and through meditation in action for everyday life. Based on those experiences...


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The purpoposes of this book is to celebrate mindfulness, set out its limitations. And to introduce you to the wonders of the mind. Discusses insight mediation. Opening your heart., outside support for. Meditation. Reverse meditation, nocturnal meditation and the wonders of the mind. Endnotes

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An excellent introduction to the range of ways someone can practice mindfulness and their history, rationale, practical guidance, and possible benefits.

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We've a;ll heard of mindfulness by now, and many of us try to incorporate it into our lives on a daily basis, whether taking a mindful moment when walking, or being mindful on waking or going to sleep.

This book takes you one step further - incorporating mindfulness into your life, and comes up with ideas for everyone in all situations to be mindful.

A useful book.

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I appreciated the author’s move beyond just attaining a state of mindfulness. Having practiced for about 15 years I found it helpful to have someone ask the questions about what this all means moving forward.

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