Author: Craig Hassed

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2002-05-15

Total Pages: 300

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Advises the reader on how to release stress by using what is called mindfullness. Based on current research evidence the principles and practices upon which it is based have been tested over many centuries. Chapters include knowing oneself, the fight or flight response, stress and performance, mind and body links, the practice itself, clinical uses of meditation, meditation as a spiritual practice, the exercises and the eight mindfulness tasks. Dr Hassed is well known for his work in teaching this method of relaxation to medical students at a University in Australia.