One Year Wiser: An Illustrated Guide to Mindfulness
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- 11,99 €
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- 11,99 €
Publisher Description
As we travel through the world, we are often faced with conflicts and challenges that cause unhappiness, fear or anxiety. The practice of mindfulness has the power to transform this negativity into feelings of love, compassion and positivity.
In One Year Wiser: An Illustrated Guide to Mindfulness, illustrator and Zen Buddhist practitioner Mike Medaglia takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery. Exploring what mindfulness is and the benefits it can bring, you ll discover a simple yet powerful truth: peace, contentment and happiness are inside us already all we need are the tools to access them.
Drawing on the four seasons and our deep connection to the natural world, this smart, accessible and beautifully illustrated graphic novel will help readers master the art of living mindfully. Harness the power of meditation, gratitude and loving kindness and live a healthier, happier life.
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Medaglia's peppy guide to Buddhism-lite is divided into four parts, following a seasonal theme. Each chapter explores a topic, such as meditation, gratitude, simplicity, anxiety, or impermanence. The pages combine comics and illustrated text, full of intricate hand-drawn patterns, with recurring motifs of flowering vines, clouds, falling leaves, and swirls of wind woven throughout. Madaglia, who has long been making comics and books on similar themes, introduces himself as a character sporadically. Unfortunately,this somewhat generic tone leaves something to be desired. Most topics are covered in four pages of explanation, followed by a daily practice which can be added to one's normal routines. There are some useful lessons here about increasing compassion and quieting spinning thoughts, and a moving passage exploring moving away from the ego. Readers already on board with the book's message will get the most out of it.
