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Learning how to pay attention to the present moment.Becoming mindful is about the small, everyday things such as pausing to take a breath before you drive off in a hurry or considering the food that will nourish your body before a meal. Or it can mean checking in with yourself before responding to a challenging email or text.Every moment of our lives can become an opportunity to practice mindfulness. This book will invite you to sharpen your awareness and ask yourself with more frequency, "What do I notice right now?" or "How do I need to respond or be with this situation?"These seemingly tiny moments of noticing yourself can have a major impact on your life as you learn to track habitual patterns and awaken to change. Practicing mindfulness is not about being better by figuring it all out.
About the Author
Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MA, MFT, is an international teacher and writer of mindfulness-based somatic psychology. She co-directs the Hakomi Institute of California and teaches in the US, Europe, Israel, New Zealand and Australia. A meditation practitioner & teacher for over 25 years, Manuela lectures, consults and trains professionals in mindfulness, attachment, trauma, and movement therapy. She maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Menlo Park, CA.
Manuela frequently lectures at conferences and Universities and has been faculty for the past 15 years at JFK University, Sofia University, and The California Institute of Integral Studies in California.
She holds an M.A. in Somatic Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies, a B.A. in Dance Therapy from the Naropa University, and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Hamburg. In addition she has trained in various methods of working with trauma, counseled survivors of political oppression and torture and victims of trauma. She is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (Dr. Peter Levine) and a graduate Fellow at the Napa Infant Mental Health Fellowship Program (Dr. Ed Tronick) . She is a graduate of the Child Trauma Institute of San Francisco (Dr. Alicia Lieberman) . Manuela is an authorized Continuum Movement teacher and has extensive training in the field of Expressive and Movement Therapies.
