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Product Description Most of us who meditate have probably wondered, "Is this really helping me?" On The Mindful Brain, the co-director of UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center offers conclusive evidence that it does, and why meditation can become the single greatest source of equilibrium and clarity in your life. Weaving new scientific studies with insights from his direct experience, Daniel J. Siegel presents a four-CD audio course to help listeners understand the profound influence that a focused mind offers for physical, mental, and social well-being. Listeners join this pioneer of the neurobiology of human consciousness to explore: * How mind training and the long-term states it creates radically affect our physiology and inner life * Attunement and mindfulness: how meditation transforms not only you, but your friends, co-workers, and even entire communities * Curiosity, Openness, Acceptance, and Love--the extraordinary effects of experiencing these four essential qualities simultaneously * How to foster greater emotional balance, physical health, body-based empathy, and deeper self-understanding The Mindful Brain is an enlightening program for clinicians, therapists, educators, and anyone interested in the powerful effects of mindful living.
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A Wonderful Journey into Consciousness!June 3, 2008 12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I've been a fan of Siegel's work for years (see my review of The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are) and again, he has done a brilliant job highlighting not only brain science and mirror-neuron theory but offering a practical way to make use of this neurological information in our personal lives. I listened to the CD first, then bought the book, and they are both excellent. The CD is an abridgment of the book, which means that a lot of the detailed neuroscience is left out, but this has benefits for those who prefer to shy away from the intricacies of medial prefrontal circuits and the like. In the CD, Siegel explains how meditation practices can be used to make our brain, and thus our personality, function better by enhancing cognition, social awareness, empathy, intuition, and emotional control. Siegel also shares personal stories of his week-long silent meditation retreat. By the time you finish listening to the CD, you'll want to add meditation to your lifestyle - not to improve your spiritual well-being, but to keep your social brain tuned up. (Interestingly, Siegel came to nearly the same conclusions that Andy Newberg and I independently arrived at by analyzing the vast data concerning the effects of meditation on the brain, something that rarely happens in the fields of neuroscience and psychology; we report our findings in our forthcoming book, How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings by a Leading Neuroscientist)
