Beth C.
Written on Dec 21, 2015
The book is based on tradition Bon Buddhism, and centers around the "three precious pills" - stillness, silence, and spaciousness. It also discusses the five elements (air, water, earth, space, and fire), their associated qualities, and how to figure out if you have too little or too much of any of them.
The book includes formal/informal meditation practices to go along with each chapter, and it recommends that people do - to start - 30 minutes of meditation, eventually bumping up to 30 minutes, twice a day. For someone new like me, I think that will be a bit much to start off with. Actually, I think my goal will be 30 minutes, and I will start with 10. However, as part of the book, there is also a guided meditation that can be downloaded to assist with the path to healing prescribed by the book.
Overall, I look forward to going back and using the book as a guide to working on beginning my own mindfulness practice.