A collection of essays on the benefits and everyday applications of mindfulness—featuring contributions from Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and more   A growing body of scientific research indicates that mindfulness can reduce stress and improve mental and physical health. Countless people who have tried it say it's improved their quality of life. Simply put, mindfulness is the practice of paying steady and full attention, without judgment or criticism, to our moment-to-moment experience. Here is a collection of the best writing on what mindfulness is, why we should practice it, and how to apply it in daily life, from leading figures in the field. Selections include: • Leading thinker  Jon Kabat-Zinn  on the essence of mindfulness, stress reduction, and positive change • Zen teacher  Thich Nhat Hanh  on the transformative power of mindful breathing • Professor of psychiatry  Daniel Siegel, MD,  on how mindfulness benefits the brain • Physician and meditation teacher  Jan Chozen Bays, MD,  on how and why to practice mindful eating • Pioneering psychologist  Ellen Langer  on how mindfulness can change the understanding and treatment of disease • Leadership coach  Michael Carroll  on practicing mindfulness at work • Psychologist  Daniel Goleman  on a mindful approach to shopping and consuming • Pianist  Madeline Bruser  on how mindfulness can help us overcome performance anxiety • And much more The Mindfulness Revolution  also includes an in-depth discussion by writer-editor Barry Boyce about how mindfulness is being applied in a variety of professional fields—from health care to education, from performing arts to business—to improve effectiveness and enhance well-being. “The contributors bring their considerable knowledge and skills to bear on the task of helping others. These clearly written essays taken together form a solid introduction to a now mainstream approach to personal change.”— Publishers Weekly “One of the wonderful aspects of The Mindfulness Revolution is that the essays address opportunities for mindfulness in everyday actions, such as shopping and online activities.”—The New York Journal of Books (online) “As the practice of Buddhist mindfulness gains more and more mainstream attention, the need for a book like this has also grown.”— New Age Retailer Barry Boyce  is senior editor and staff writer for the  Shambhala Sun  magazine and editor of the website www.mindful.org. He is the coauthor of  The Rules of Victory: How to Transform Chaos and Conflict—Strategies from the  Art of War, and he is the editor of  In the Face of Fear: Buddhist Wisdom for Challenging Times  and  The Mindfulness Revolution. Used Book in Good Condition