Spontaneous Happiness Tool Kit: Guided Practices for Peak Emotional Wellness Paperback - 2012 - 1st Edition

Build a Natural Foundation of Emotional Wellness with Dr. Andrew Weil

Just as the body is designed to heal itself, says Dr. Andrew Weil, so too are we wired for emotional well-being. With the Spontaneous Happiness Tool Kit, he brings you his new program for cultivating a lasting sea level of contentment, comfort, and serenity--naturally.

Join Dr. Weil to learn his most effective strategies for overcoming anxiety and depression while creating a foundation for lifelong emotional wellness. Day by day, you'll raise your happiness baseline by making simple dietary and lifestyle changes, calming your senses, improving your sleep cycles, connecting more deeply with others, and utilizing other practical strategies emerging from current medical research.

The Spontaneous Happiness Tool Kit features a 56-page workbook and two practice-filled CDs in which Dr. Weil and his colleagues personally guide you through the mind-body practices that have provided the most benefits to his patients and himself, including:

Powerful breathing exercises to help refocus both mind and body for abiding calm and resilienceMindfulness meditation for increasing awareness and presence--two states found in our most fulfilling momentsPractices for fostering gratitude, forgiveness, and lovingkindnessLaughter Therapy, the best way to jumpstart the physiology of authentic joy

Includes step-by-step guidance to customize your own emotional wellness plan, 25 practice cards, plus a concentrated 3 ml tube of Peace of Mind^(R) aromatherapy by Origins. Also features an inspirational video by noted cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg. This is a companion program to the book Spontaneous Happiness--also available as a seven-hour unabridged audiobook as read by the author, available online or at bookstores.