6 new books on meditation and mindfulness

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    Sit in the lotus position, with your chest open to the space around you, concentrate on your breath, notice how the air dissolves around you on the exhale and let out the thoughts that cloud your mind… Yes, at this point you’re still trying to get the posture and all you can think about is the agenda for the day, welcome to the club!

    If I don’t go to Tibet…

    “You still have misaligned chakras.” You think that it could be, that all your ills, your lack of energy, your mental exhaustion, the rush that pushes you to work as if you were part of an assembly line is due to the fact that you didn’t even know you had chakras. That perhaps instead of going to the beach you could have fled to Tibet to connect with your inner self, which you don’t even know. Then you remember that even the bad guy karate Kid he has been able to redeem himself without leaving his neighborhood.

    Before setting up a dojo, which may not be your thing either, take a look at these books: there are for beginners and initiates, for unbelievers and for those who already walk on water – in the jargon, god level. Everything is starting and, in most cases, as simple as learning to breathe, but good. Scientists and gurus say it: well executed, breathing helps calm the mind, relaxes the muscles, improves concentration, eliminates toxins, reduces pain. It even prevents you from saying what you are thinking and that later you will regret using as a throwing weapon (even more so if it comes back to you).

    If a master at stopping ostias like Bruce Lee taught us that you have to learn to flow, why not try it, at least. Like this course we managed to keep the palos only for flamenco.

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Autobiography of a Yogi

On November 10, this classic of spirituality written more than seventy years ago by Paramahansa Yogananda will be republished. The life story of this guru and his encounters with celebrities, ranging from scientists to Nobel laureates such as Rabindranath Tagore or his disciples such as Gandhi, bring the reader closer to ancient knowledge such as Kriya Yoga, along with others that are so necessary today such as direct intuitive experience . A thought-provoking read as entertaining as it is useful. Vergara, €20.90

Frances Miralles and Héctor García return to India to explore that spirituality that so engages mentally exhausted Westerners. For those who are not clear about what the om mantra, Ayurveda or karma adjustment is about, this book will be an opening door to some teachings that can help control stress and other demons. On sale September 20. Uranus, €14

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Discipline will mark your destiny: The power of self-control

Less good posturing and more knowing oneself, what negative thoughts we all have – being happy twenty-four hours a day is so naive that some of us blush. The psychologist Víctor Amat proposes another way to achieve a state of well-being in this practical book that shows how to vindicate our mental capacities and take advantage of them in our favor. On October 27 in bookstores. Vergara, €19.90

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Uranus

Meditating sucks

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Grijalbo

Who said anxiety?: Everything you need to know to face it

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6 new books on meditation and mindfulness