為忙碌現代女性量身訂做的正念冥想導引書/CD！

女人，我們的處境確實越來越受重視，能力越獲認可，然而不可否認的，早期女性主義的疾呼「妳可以做任何事情」如今已變相成為「妳必須做所有事情」！面對來自職場、婚姻、家庭各方索求，女人必須在被榨乾的有限時間將各種角色扮演得面面俱到，應付所有的需要。結果便是女人看似擁有更多自我實現的機會，卻在空前的壓力下，離渴望的初衷越來越遠：快樂、生命力、與他人連結與內心的平和。

《給女人的正念冥想書》（Mindfulness for Women）特別針對現代女性的需要量身打造這套正念練習，幫助女性在瘋狂的生活節奏中安定下來，找到自在呼吸的平和與平衡。

正念冥想有助切斷腦海中的雜音，重新與內心的自己聯繫起來，並發現自己真正的價值。透過正念冥想，可以緩解壓力、焦慮、憂鬱、精疲力竭與暴躁易怒，增強自信，更自在地與生活共處，甚至可降低成癮與自傷行為。

本書設計並非針對長時間的冥想，而是以短時間的練習與解決問題為本，豐富的證據、案例、練習與小挑戰，最終帶領讀者培養對自我的同理，並能以寬大平靜的精神面對不斷變換的多重身份與角色。

Vidyamala Burch is founder and co-Director of Breathworks, an organisation offering mindfulness-based and compassion-based approaches to living well with chronic pain, illness and stress. This is based on her own experience of living with severe chronic back pain for most of her adult life following a spinal injury in her teens that resulted in partial paraplegia. In 1985 she started to meditate and is now an experienced meditation teacher who works internationally. She offers wise and practical guidance in how to bring mindfulness and kindness to experience so one can 'live well' with a free and relaxed mind, whatever the circumstances.

Claire Irvin is a journalist and leading magazine editor. Latterly, she was Editor of SHE magazine, where she was responsible for a critically acclaimed relaunch. Prior to SHE, Irvin was Editor at Large of weekly glossy Grazia.