{"product_id":"mindful-movement-transform-exercise-into-meditation-for-health-and-insight","title":"Make Every Move a Meditation: Mindful Movement","description":"\u003cp\u003eWalking, running, lifting weights or dancing can be meditation as well as exercise. Nita Sweeney shows how to bring mindfulness techniques into any kind of movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwenty-two chapters on meditating while moving: attention to the senses, working with thoughts and emotions, pain, and common obstacles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTechniques drawn from long-standing meditation traditions, adapted by the author for exercise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA finalist in the Health: Diet \u0026amp; Exercise category of the 2022 International Book Awards, according to the publisher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback, 240 pages, Books That Save Lives, 2022, with resources and an index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSweeney starts with why to try it and how, then works through the practice in stages: noticing the body through the senses, handling wandering thoughts, meeting difficult emotions and pain, and recognizing the hindrances that stall a practice. Later chapters cover different forms of movement, meditating with others, and exercising through illness, injury and bad days. She draws on her own practice as a meditation leader and long-distance runner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt suits people who already exercise and want a meditation practice to go with it, and meditators who find sitting still difficult. The book teaches a way of paying attention; how hard to push the body is a question for the reader and a doctor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNita Sweeney wrote Depression Hates a Moving Target, a memoir of running and mental health, and she co-created the writing journal You Should Be Writing. According to her publisher, she is a certified meditation leader and ultramarathoner and once worked as an assistant to the writing teacher Natalie Goldberg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jim Dandy Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47854479999125,"sku":"NEW-ING-1642509892","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/57_f2da6139-76b5-45c3-b656-34fea6db797e.jpg?v=1787904146","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/mindful-movement-transform-exercise-into-meditation-for-health-and-insight","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}