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The No-Nonsense Meditation Book
A Scientist's Guide to the Power of Meditation
2019
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER As featured in New Scientist: 'Meditation could retune our brains and help us cope with the long-term effects of the pandemic' 'Readers in search of an introduction to mindfulness that's free of woo-woo promises should look no further.' Publishers Weekly 'For a boost to your wellbeing don't miss the brilliant The No-Nonsense Meditation Book, which unites brain science with practical tips' - Stylist 'Steven Laureys' book opens up exciting perspectives.' - Matthieu Ricard, Buddhist monk & translator of the Dalai Lama 'Laureys makes meditation feel accessible to everyone' - Katie Hickey, Tipping the Balance Podcast 'Clear, lively, rigorous and authentic... [The] book we have been waiting for.' - Dr Ilios Kotsou, mindfulness and wellbeing expert 'Not reading this book is self-defeating' - Paul Witteman Rigorously researched and deeply illuminating, world-leading neurologist Dr Steven Laureys works with celebrated meditators to scientifically prove the positive impact meditation has on our brains. Dr Steven Laureys has conducted ground-breaking research into human consciousness for more than 20 years. For this bestselling book, Steven to explores the effect of meditation on the brain. He uses hard science to explain the benefits of a practice that was once thought of as purely spiritual. The result is a highly accessible, scientifically questioning guide to meditation, designed to open the practice to a broader audience. A mix of fascinating science, inspiring anecdote and practical exercises, this accessible book offers scientific evidence that meditation can have a positive impact on all our lives.

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Steven Laureys
Steven Laureys
Author · 5 books
Neurologist Steven Laureys MD PhD FEAN is internationally recognized for his clinical and scientific studies of severe brain injury and neural plasticity. Prof Dr Laureys is founding director of the GIGA Consciousness Research Unit and founder of the Coma Science Group at the University of Liège, Belgium, head of the Brain Centre of the Liège University Hospital, Research Director at the Belgian Fund of Scientific Research and co-director of the Hangzhou International Consciousness Institute in China. He currently is invited professor at the CERVO Brain Research Centre at Laval University, Canada. With his team, he explores the human mind in health and disease using the latest brain imaging technologies and wearables assessing coma and related states, concussion, near-death experiences, anesthesia, dreaming and meditation. He has published over 500 peer-reviewed scientific papers and ten scientific books including ‘The Neurology of Consciousness’. Dr Laureys is a fellow of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine and recipient of numerous awards (e.g., from the European Academy of Neurology, Max Planck Institute, Association of the Scientific Study of Consciousness, and Society of Cognitive Neuroscience). He is co-founder of the International Mind Care Foundation and appreciated for his interventions in the media, as bestselling author and as a keynote speaker on the power of the mind.
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