Instant Calm: 2-Minute Meditations to Create a Lifetime of Happy

Description

Lifestyle guru Karen Salmansohn presents a colorful gift book of two-minute meditations and mindfulness tips to help you let go of stress and worry and achieve a more Zen mindset in just minutes a day. Lifestyle guru Karen Salmansohn presents a colorful gift book of two-minute meditations and mindfulness tips that help reduce stress and improve focus, clarity, productivity, and sleep. You're just a few minutes away from a more Zen mindset! Almost 40 percent of Americans admit they worry every day, and the media has pegged today's millennials as "The Anxious Generation." Although interest in meditation and mindfulness is ever growing, many of us don't have the time or patience to develop a serious practice. Health and happiness guru Karen Salmansohn's unique brand of fun mini-meditations use the power of focus and the five senses to achieve the same results as more standard meditation techniques in far less time. Packed with full-page illustrations, fascinating scientific studies, and Salmansohn's patented wit, Instant Calm helps you tap into stress-releasing topics like forest bathing (sound), essential oils (smell), earthing (touch), dot meditations (sight), and more-in just two minutes.Soon you'll be swapping youraarghsforahhhs! Advance praise for Instant Calm "Instant Calm can help anyone redefine and expand their meditation practice.She shares a range of unique sensory meditations-which tap into all five senses-and offer a quick, fun approach to reset your mind and refocus your energy.I personally have begun to use these mini meditations whenever I just want to feel a mental boost throughout my day. I love the illustrations and Karen's fun and lighthearted voice! I highly recommend this book as a helpful guide to decompress from life's challenges."-Kristine Carlson, New York Times bestselling author of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff For Women "If you're feeling stressed and looking for ways to relax and feel focused (and pretty much everybody in today's world is!) well . . . then . . . this book is a game-changer for you. It makes doing meditation feel so easy and fun. It's great for beginners to meditation-and also helpful for advanced meditators-because there's something for everyone. What I especially love about this book is the wide range of sensory meditations Karen offers. Open up the book anywhere-and you will find a useful fun two-minute tool you can use to relax and feel grounded again. Plus the illustrations are gorgeous."-Christina Rasmussen,bestselling author of Second Firsts- Live, Laugh and Love Again

Karen Salmansohnis the bestselling author and book packager of more than 25 books for adults and tweens with more than 1 million copies sold. She has worked as an image consultant, serving clients such as MTV, Nickelodeon, Oxygen Media, and L'Oreal. She has been a featured happiness expert on the Todayshow,The View, CNN,Fox News,andReal Time with Bill Maher, and has written forPsychology Today, Mind Body Green, Positively Positive, and TheHuffington Post. She and her work have been covered by theNew York Times, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune,Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Time,Marie Claire, Fast Company, InStyle, Self, ELLE, and theNew Yorker.

"Instant Calm is a unique and pioneering book for meditation and mindfulness. Karen shares how to use our five senses as a method to be more fully present in the moment. She highlights cutting edge research to explain why her sensory meditations are effective at promoting relaxation and balance. I highly recommend this book!"-Shauna Shapiro, PhD, author of Good Morning, I Love You "Studies have shown that meditation helps to sharpen focus, release tension, and strengthen inner connection. With Instant Calm, Karen offers a range of simple, enriching two-minute meditations for each of your five senses-perfect daily practices for finding balance in the face of stress, locating energy in times of fatigue, and welcoming rest when it's time for sleep. Grateful for this potent guidebook to Instant Calm."-Elena Brower, world renowned yoga and meditation teacher, bestselling author of Practice You "Karen Salmansohn is a delightful, innovative guide to transformation and meditation. She will lift your spirits at the same time she focuses your path in the truths, challenges and opportunities found in everyday life."-Sharon Salzberg, international meditation leader and Co-Founder of the Insight Meditation Society