The rating is as much for the Headspace app as the book. ( )

4 Stars - I found this book both helpful and interesting. I came to the idea of wanting to incorporate mindfulness into my life gradually over the past 6 months. I read a book "10% Happier" by Dan Harris, and then tried a few apps on my iPad, then finally reading this book and watching some of the Headspace videos on youtube and also getting the free headspace app and completing the Take10 sessions. I can say after reading and doing all these things that this idea of mindfulness is not in any way a religious thing, even though it is sometimes called meditation. It does help calm the mind and body. I've found enough good in this that i'm going to continue for a few months and see if i continue to find it helpful. ( )

A book about meditation. The writing was good and the techniques were useful. However, he seemed to expect that I would have a lot of difficulties with meditation that I didn't have. He expected me to be anxious that I wasn't doing it correctly, but I really wasn't so concerned that I would get anxious about it. The stories about his life were interesting. ( )

Builds on the aims of the Headspace app. Lots of interesting biographical details and anecdotes to illustrate the teachings of meditation and mindfulness. Will need to reread parts of this more slowly! A lot to take in, even after using Headspace for a year. ( )

Of course this book was written to advertise Andy's Headspace website and meditation system. However the autobiographical details are really interesting. I enjoyed reading about his journey from normal lost guy to where he is now. ( )