Dr Tamara Russell is a visiting lecturer at King’s College London, and author of the bestselling title Mindfulness in Motion. Here in the What Is series she offers a concise and practical introduction to this amazing therapeutic technique, full of cutting-edge resources and information. She covers the origins of mindfulness, its key techniques, plus an explanation of how it works. The author is both a leading academic and a skillful writer and the book comes in a robust pocket size format that you can carry anywhere. It’s an ideal stepping-off point to a more fulfilling life.
144pp, 125 x 169 mm, Paperback, 2017
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ISBN:9781786780157
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