{"product_id":"2940170120260","title":"Meditation Is Not What You Think: Mindfulness and Why It Is So Important","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe think we know what meditation isamp;mdash;especially in an era when \"mindfulness\" has improbably rocketed into the mainstream. Millions of people around the world have taken up a formal mindfulness meditation practice as part of their everyday lives. But there's no hard-and-fast rule that says you have to meditate in a certain way, in a particular place, or following a specific tradition. So what is meditation anyway? And why might it be worth trying?  Or nurturing further if you already have practice?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeditation Is Not What You Think \u003c\/i\u003ewas originally published in 2005 as part of a larger book entitled \u003ci\u003eComing to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness. \u003c\/i\u003eUpdated with a new foreword by the author, these questions (and their answers) are particularly relevant for the current era . If you're curious as to why meditation is not for the \"faint-hearted,\" how taking some time each day to drop into awareness can actually be a radical act of love, and why paying attention is so supremely important, read on for a master class from one of the pioneers of mindfulness in the mainstream world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46958706688240,"sku":"2940170120260","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170120260_p0.jpg?v=1763702614","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170120260","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}