mindfulness in reading: meditations on words & wisdom

Mindfulness in Reading embraces the joy of absorbing words on a page, encouraging a deeply therapeutic state of mind as vital to our wellbeing as breathing.

The healing power of reading has been renowned since Aristotle; focus, flow, and enlightenment can all be achieved through this universal act. In this illuminating guide, Ella Berthoud explores how reading mindfully can shape the person you are, encouraging empathy and opening your mind to important morals.

Through meditative exercises, engaging anecdotes, and expert insights, discover the enriching potential of reading for mindfulness, by learning:

• How to use reading to develop your emotional intelligence
• How to read in different ways
• How to read like a child - without preconceptions and in exciting places
• How to benefit from reading with others
• How to find yourself in a book and remember what you have read

If you like this, you’ll also like Writer’s Creative Workbook, Mindful Thoughts for Walkers, and Mindfulness in Drawing.

Ella Berthoud is a bibliotherapist and the author of The Art of Mindful Reading, The Novel Cure, and The Story Cure, and read English Literature at Cambridge University. Ella regularly gives talks on reading ailments and mindful reading at bookstores and festivals across the UK. She lives with her family in West Sussex, England.