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The Practice of Not Thinking
- Author
- Ryunosuke Koike
- Narrator
- Susan Momoko Hingley
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 10 June 2021
- Run Time
- 4 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
What if we could learn to look instead of see, listen instead of hear, feel instead of touch? Former monk and bestselling author Ryunosuke Koike shows how, by incorporating simple Zen practices into our daily lives, we can reconnect with our five senses and live in a more peaceful, positive way.
When we focus on our senses and learn to re-train our brains and our bodies, we start to eliminate the distracting noise of our minds and the negative thoughts that create anxiety. By following Ryunosuke Koike's practical steps on how to breathe, listen, speak, laugh, love and even sleep in a new way, we can improve our interactions with others, feel less stressed at work and make every day calmer. Only by thinking less, can we appreciate more.
© Ryunosuke Koike 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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Practical and life-changing ways to get out of our heads and back into really living
You Magazine
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Offers a variety of Buddhist techniques to help us feel calmer every day . . . Nothing has changed . . . and everything has changed . . . I feel calmer and more centred
The Sunday Times
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
Thought provoking and a book that I will come back to and make notes. Read beautifully, can’t find the pdf though 🙁
jeannette 2025-09-09
Details
- Author
- Ryunosuke Koike
- Narrator
- Susan Momoko Hingley
- Duration
- 4 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 June 2021
- ISBN
- 9780141998558
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Mind, body, spirit: thought and practice, Mindfulness, Zen Buddhism
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. What if we could learn to look instead of see, listen instead of hear, feel instead of touch? Former monk and bestselling author Ryunosuke Koike shows how, by incorporating simple Zen practices into our daily lives, we can reconnect with our five senses and live in a more peaceful, positive way.When we focus on our senses and learn to re-train our brains and our bodies, we start to eliminate the distracting noise of our minds and the negative thoughts that create anxiety. By following Ryunosuke Koike's practical steps on how to breathe, listen, speak, laugh, love and even sleep in a new way, we can improve our interactions with others, feel less stressed at work and make every day calmer. Only by thinking less, can we appreciate more.© Ryunosuke Koike 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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