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5 Must-Read Mindfulness Books
During my recently initiated deep dive into discovering the practice of mindfulness and the soothing, inner mental serenity that mindfulness can create, I have returned to my university study habits and opened the covers of many a book — or listened to audio books — in order to become illuminated and inspired by the words, stories, and teachings of those who have much to say on the subject.
For those of you looking for pointers on how to understand what mindfulness is and learn the art of living more mindfully, I humbly recommend bookmarking this list of the following five books by five legendary mindfulness teachers, listed in order of my opinion on the easiest to most advanced (though all are profound and impressive in their own rights).
The first book on the list comes from the upbeat, down-to-earth, and all around good guy Jay Shetty:
Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day
Jay Shetty is a British-born public speaker and life coach whose life experiences revealed to him that his Dharma (loosely: life’s purpose) was to help others to find their own life purpose. He made this…
