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Attention Beyond Mindfulness

Watson Gay
Innbundet / 2017 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781780237459
Publisert
2017-05-01
Utgiver
Reaktion Books
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
304

Forfatter
Watson Gay

Biografisk notat

Gay Watson is the author of The Resonance of Emptiness: A Buddhist Inspiration for a Contemporary Psychotherapy (2002), Beyond Happiness: Deepening the Dialogue Between Buddhism, Psychotherapy and the Mind Sciences (2007) and A Philosophy of Emptiness (Reaktion, 2014). She lives in Devon and California.

Attention Beyond Mindfulness

Watson Gay
Innbundet / 2017 / Engelsk
Watson Gay
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"This is a remarkable and searching account of the meaning of attention. Gay Watson looks deeply into the practices of artists, writers and musicians and reveals the correspondences with spiritual disciplines. This is a provocative book in replacing attention at the heart of what we should care about." - <b><i>Edmund de Waal</i></b><br />"In this tour de force, Gay Watson weaves together profound spiritual insights, crisply clear science, and page-turning personal observations about the front edge of consciousness: how we attend to our inner and outer worlds. Since we gradually become whatever our attention repeatedly rests upon, this book also helps readers use attention more skillfully to grow more of the good inside themselves and others." - <b><i>Rick Hanson, author of <i>Buddha&#39s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom</i></i></b><br />"An illuminating survey of approaches to the practice of attention that ranges from psychology to art, from mindfulness to music, from religion to philosophy. Interweaving conversations with personal reflections, Watson opens up the field of attention for each of us to explore in a way that is suited to our passions and needs." - <b><i>Stephen Batchelor, author of After Buddhism</i></b><br />"An illuminating and revealing book on the powers of attention. Read it immediately for a riveting way to exercise the muscle of the mind." - <b><i>Wayne McGregor CBE, Resident Choreographer of the Royal Ballet</i></b><br />

Attention is central to everything we do and think; yet it is usually invisible, transparent, lost behind our fixation with content. We pay attention to this and that moment or we let our attention wander, but we rarely give attention to the process of attending and distraction. It is typically viewed instrumentally, in terms of what it can achieve, and so its process and practice are overlooked, yet it is central to neuroplasticity – the brain’s ability to create new neural pathways in order to adapt – and underlies both the mindfulness revolution and the concern about the influence of new social and digital media. Gay Watson explores attention in action through many disciplines and ways of life, from neuroscience to surfing. The book contains interviews with, among others, John Luther Adams, Stephen Batchelor, Susan Blackmore, Guy Claxton, Edmund de Waal, Rick Hanson, Jane Hirshfield, Iain McGilchrist, Wayne McGregor, Garry Fabian Miller, Alice and Peter Oswald, Ruth Ozeki and James Turrell. A valuable and timely account of something central to our lives yet all too often neglected, this book will appeal to all those who find their attention wandering owing to the distractions and clamour of modern life, and want to know why.
Les mer
Gay Watson explores attention through many disciplines and ways of life, from neuroscience to surfing. This is a valuable and timely account of something central to our lives yet all too often neglected.
Les mer
1 Attending to Attention Part One Creating Attention 2 The Attentive Art of Meditation and Mindfulness Practices 3 The Neuroscience of Attention 4 Emotional Attention 5 Attentive Education Part Two Attending Creatively 6 Attentiveness to the Word 7 Visual Attention 8 Aural Attention: Listening and Hearing 9 Embodied Attention 10 Attentive and Experiential In-conclusions References Bibliography Acknowledgements
Les mer
an investigation of attention, a subject that is central to everything that we do and think, and that has become very much of interest to a wide audience in recent times

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"This is a remarkable and searching account of the meaning of attention. Gay Watson looks deeply into the practices of artists, writers and musicians and reveals the correspondences with spiritual disciplines. This is a provocative book in replacing attention at the heart of what we should care about." - <b><i>Edmund de Waal</i></b><br />"In this tour de force, Gay Watson weaves together profound spiritual insights, crisply clear science, and page-turning personal observations about the front edge of consciousness: how we attend to our inner and outer worlds. Since we gradually become whatever our attention repeatedly rests upon, this book also helps readers use attention more skillfully to grow more of the good inside themselves and others." - <b><i>Rick Hanson, author of <i>Buddha&#39s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom</i></i></b><br />"An illuminating survey of approaches to the practice of attention that ranges from psychology to art, from mindfulness to music, from religion to philosophy. Interweaving conversations with personal reflections, Watson opens up the field of attention for each of us to explore in a way that is suited to our passions and needs." - <b><i>Stephen Batchelor, author of After Buddhism</i></b><br />"An illuminating and revealing book on the powers of attention. Read it immediately for a riveting way to exercise the muscle of the mind." - <b><i>Wayne McGregor CBE, Resident Choreographer of the Royal Ballet</i></b><br />

Attention is central to everything we do and think; yet it is usually invisible, transparent, lost behind our fixation with content. We pay attention to this and that moment or we let our attention wander, but we rarely give attention to the process of attending and distraction. It is typically viewed instrumentally, in terms of what it can achieve, and so its process and practice are overlooked, yet it is central to neuroplasticity – the brain’s ability to create new neural pathways in order to adapt – and underlies both the mindfulness revolution and the concern about the influence of new social and digital media. Gay Watson explores attention in action through many disciplines and ways of life, from neuroscience to surfing. The book contains interviews with, among others, John Luther Adams, Stephen Batchelor, Susan Blackmore, Guy Claxton, Edmund de Waal, Rick Hanson, Jane Hirshfield, Iain McGilchrist, Wayne McGregor, Garry Fabian Miller, Alice and Peter Oswald, Ruth Ozeki and James Turrell. A valuable and timely account of something central to our lives yet all too often neglected, this book will appeal to all those who find their attention wandering owing to the distractions and clamour of modern life, and want to know why.
Les mer
Gay Watson explores attention through many disciplines and ways of life, from neuroscience to surfing. This is a valuable and timely account of something central to our lives yet all too often neglected.
Les mer
1 Attending to Attention Part One Creating Attention 2 The Attentive Art of Meditation and Mindfulness Practices 3 The Neuroscience of Attention 4 Emotional Attention 5 Attentive Education Part Two Attending Creatively 6 Attentiveness to the Word 7 Visual Attention 8 Aural Attention: Listening and Hearing 9 Embodied Attention 10 Attentive and Experiential In-conclusions References Bibliography Acknowledgements
Les mer
an investigation of attention, a subject that is central to everything that we do and think, and that has become very much of interest to a wide audience in recent times

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781780237459
Publisert
2017-05-01
Utgiver
Reaktion Books
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
304

Forfatter
Watson Gay

Biografisk notat

Gay Watson is the author of The Resonance of Emptiness: A Buddhist Inspiration for a Contemporary Psychotherapy (2002), Beyond Happiness: Deepening the Dialogue Between Buddhism, Psychotherapy and the Mind Sciences (2007) and A Philosophy of Emptiness (Reaktion, 2014). She lives in Devon and California.

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