Dan Harris is the coanchor of Nightline and the weekend editions of Good Morning America. He regularly reports for 20/20, World News with Diane Sawyer, and the weekday editions of Good Morning America. Before joining ABC News fourteen years ago, he worked for local news outlets in Boston and Maine. He lives with his wife, Bianca, in New York City. 10% Happier is his first book.
Focusing on a socio-cultural perspective, the book critiques contemporary creativity studies through posthumanist and new materialist lenses. It advocates for a broader understanding of creativity that transcends the limited views of entrepreneurship and innovation. By presenting various case studies, it emphasizes the importance of personal, planetary, and geopolitical collaboration, positioning these elements as essential to fostering a more sustainable and expansive creativity. This approach serves as a counter to the prevailing notion of innovation as an end in itself.
We all have a voice in our heads. It makes us lose our calm unnecessarily, compulsively check email, eat when we are not hungry, and fixate on the past and future at the expense of the present. Most of us may think there is nothing to be done, but Dan Harris literally stumbled upon the solution to reduce stress and be happier, and he decided to make it available to everyone. It is something he always considered unacceptable or useless: meditation. An increasing number of scientists believe that meditation can lower blood pressure, strengthen the immune system, and conquer fears. This book takes readers on a journey from the extreme boundaries of neuroscience to the sanctum of new scientific discoveries, with a simple tool that can change lives.
Meditácia nevyžaduje žiadne zvláštne zručnosti, skupinové aktivity či špeciálne oblečenie. Dan Harris, moderátor ABC News, kedysi považoval meditáciu za niečo absurdné, určené len pre ľudí s netradičnými záujmami. Po panickom záchvate v priamom prenose sa však pustil do objavovania meditácie, ktorá mu pomohla zlepšiť sústredenie a zvládať emócie. Jeho manželka si všimla, že sa stal príjemnejším človekom. O svojich skúsenostiach sa otvorene a vtipne podelil v knihe, ktorá sa stala bestsellerom a posunula ho medzi najväčších zástancov meditácie. Veda potvrdzuje, že meditácia znižuje krvný tlak, zmierňuje depresie a prepája dôležité oblasti mozgu. Mnoho ľudí by chcelo meditovať, no bránia im v tom rôzne mýty a mylné predstavy.
V Meditácii pre nervóznych skeptikov Harris a učiteľ Jeff Warren cestujú po USA, aby sa vysporiadali s prekážkami, ktoré bránia ľuďom meditovať. Na turné v autobuse, ktorý kedysi patrí rockovej skupine Parliament Funkadelic, sa rozprávajú s rôznymi potenciálnymi meditátormi. Vytvárajú taxonómiu najčastejších prekážok a ponúkajú vedecky podložené tipy na ich prekonanie. Kniha obsahuje praktické meditačné inštrukcie a zábavný príbeh o tom, ako sa sarkastický novinár a kanadský mystik snažia bojovať s neurotizmom dnešnej doby.
The perfect book for the spirituality sceptics who really do need meditation in their daily routine. This fifth anniversary edition features a new preface and new guided meditations.
