{"product_id":"the-monkey-is-the-messenger-meditation-and-what-your-busy-mind-is-trying-to-tell-you-1","title":"The Monkey Is the Messenger: Meditation and What Your Busy Mind Is Trying to Tell You","description":"An engaging, funny, and introductory guide for anyone whose overactive mind gets in the way of starting a regular meditation practice\n\n“My mind is so busy, I really need to meditate.”\n\n“My mind is so busy, there’s no way I can meditate.”\n\nFamiliar dilemma? These days just about all of us know we should be meditating, but that doesn’t make it any easier to sit down and face the repetitive thoughts careening around our brains—seemingly pointless, sometimes hurtful, nearly always hard to control. Rather than quitting meditation or trying to wall off the monkey mind, Ralph De La Rosa suggests asking yourself a question: If you were to stop demonizing your monkey mind, would it have anything to teach you? In a roundabout way, could repetitive thoughts be pointing us in the direction of personal—and even societal—transformation?\n\nPoignant and entertaining, The Monkey Is the Messenger offers a range of evidence-based, somatic, and trauma-informed insights and practices drawn from De La Rosa’s study of neuroscience and psychology and his long practice of meditation and yoga. Here at last—a remedy for all those who want to meditate but suppose they can’t because they think too much.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1611805848\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1611805848.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:De La Rosa, Ralph|Piver, Susan\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41720293359674,"sku":"DBV.1611805848.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1611805848-0_332d7d38-6fe1-4546-b11e-d9dc16dcc53b.jpg?v=1791081393","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-monkey-is-the-messenger-meditation-and-what-your-busy-mind-is-trying-to-tell-you-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}