Wide Awake by Diana Winston

Wide Awake by Diana Winston

Many of today's teenagers are tired of the pressure to compete and consume-and are looking for a different way to live their lives. This book offers an alternative: the 2,500-year old practice of Buddhism.

Written in a style that will have immediate appeal to young "seekers" and those wanting to understand the ancient teachings, this book addresses such relevant topics as peer pressure, emotional difficulties, stress, fostering peace, and even protecting the environment. For everyone looking for self-help, self-esteem, and self-awareness, this book offers advice on:

*Discovering truth in a world of hype

*Finding peace amid the ups and downs of life

*Accepting ourselves

*Working with difficult emotions

*How to meditate

*Dealing with temptations and making the right decisions about sex and drugs

*Advice on volunteering, working for peace, and protecting the environment

Diana Winston is the director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) and coauthor of Completely Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness (DaCapo, 2010) with Dr Susan Smalley. She is a well-known instructor and speaker who promotes health and well-being by teaching mindful awareness skills to the general population. She has taught mindfulness in a number of locations since 1993, including hospitals, universities, organizations, nonprofits, schools in the United States and Asia, and online, according to the Los Angeles Times. She created the Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPS) curriculum, which is based on research, and the Training in Mindfulness Facilitation, which teaches mindfulness teachers all around the world. The New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, Allure, Women's Health, and a variety of periodicals, books, and journals have all acknowledged or quoted her work.

She's also the author of Wide Awake: A Buddhist Handbook for Youth (Perigee Books, 2003) and the audio program Mindful Meditations, as well as a number of mindfulness-related publications. Diana is a member of the Spirit Rock Meditation Center's Teacher's Council in Northern California. Since 1989, she has been practicing mindfulness meditation, including a year spent as a Buddhist nun in Burma. Diana's most difficult and gratifying practice right now is attempting to parent an eight-year-old consciously.

She currently resides in Los Angeles. Visit dianawinston.com and marc.ucla.edu for additional details.

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ISBN 13	9780399528972
ISBN 10	0399528970
Title	Wide Awake
Author	Diana Winston
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2003-08-05
Number of pages	304
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