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by John Bruna (Author)
An inclusive guidebook to help anyone enhance their recovery and cultivate more inner peace, resiliency, and well-being.
Living mindfully, people in recovery can learn skills that allow them to recognize and know their own worthiness and value, empowering them to fully engage with life on life's terms in ways that are productive and meaningful to them. Former Buddhist monk John Bruna outlines the seven skills of living mindfully in recovery: values, attention, wisdom, equanimity, compassion, loving-kindness, and action.
The Essential Guidebook to Mindfulness in Recovery is a self-paced curriculum that can be integrated into any recovery program. Whether people are new to recovery or in long-term recovery, they will be able to use the mindfulness practices in this guidebook to consciously create healthy habits that support their recovery and the lives they want to live.
Author Biography
John Bruna is a counselor, educator, and mindfulness and spiritual teacher. He has been in recovery since 1984. In 2005 he was ordained as a Buddhist monk in the Tibetan tradition through the Gaden Shartse Monastery in India. After more than six years of monastic life, he returned to life as a layperson, and in 2012 became a Certified Cultivating Emotional Balance Mindfulness Teacher. Currently, Bruna is the director of Way of Compassion Foundation and cofounder of the Mindful Life Program.
