Glimpses of Being, Diana Winston
Glimpses of Being, Diana Winston
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Glimpses of Being
A Training Course in Expanding Mindful Awareness

Author: Diana Winston

Narrator: Diana Winston

Unabridged: 6 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/13/2021

Synopsis

Explore the full spectrum of mindfulness.
 
Many of us have tried mindfulness meditation: where we concentrate closely on the breath or other object of attention. "But awareness spans a much wider domain," teaches Diana Winston.
 
In contrast to effortful and focused practice lies natural awareness—a state of peace, connection, and ease. If you've ever been absorbed in the flow of a sport, a walk in nature, or an artistic activity, then you've had a taste of this effortless and expansive experience.
 
With Glimpses of Being, this pioneering meditation teacher invites us to explore the full landscape of presence, with a special emphasis on natural awareness.
 
Here, you'll first learn about the wide range of mindfulness practices, from focused to flexible to natural awareness. Then, through an engaging variety of guided meditations, Winston helps us to experience them firsthand.
 
"With awareness, no practice is 'better' or 'superior,'" she explains. "Each one is helpful for different times and complements the others."
 
Highlights:
Session One: The Spectrum of Awareness
Session Two: Focused Awareness
Session Three: Flexible Awareness, Part 1 - Investigative Awareness
Session Four: Flexible Awareness, Part 2 - Choiceless Awareness
Session Five: Natural Awareness
Session Six: Natural Awareness in Daily Life
 
For beginners, seasoned practitioners, and even those who've struggled with conventional mindfulness meditation, these supportive sessions open the way to illuminating new realms of being—and show us how to create our own foundation for lifelong discovery, enjoyment, and transformation.
 

About Diana Winston

Diana Winston is the director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA Semel Institute’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) and the coauthor, with Dr. Susan Smalley, of Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness (DaCapo, 2010). She is a well-known teacher and speaker who brings mindful awareness practices to the general public to promote health and well-being. Called by the LA Times "one of the nation’s best-known teachers of mindfulness," she has taught mindfulness since 1993 in a variety of settings, including hospitals, universities, corporations, nonprofits, schools in the US and Asia, and online. She developed the evidence-based Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPS) curriculum and the Training in Mindfulness Facilitation, which trains mindfulness teachers worldwide. Her work has been mentioned or she has been quoted in the New York Times; O, The Oprah Magazine; Newsweek; the Los Angeles Times; Allure; Women’s Health; and in a variety of magazines, books, and journals. She is also the author of Wide Awake: A Buddhist Guide for Teens (Perigee Books, 2003) and the audio program Mindful Meditations, and has published numerous articles on mindfulness. Diana is a member of the Teacher's Council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Northern California. She has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 1989, including a year as a Buddhist nun in Burma. Currently, Diana’s most challenging and rewarding practice involves trying to mindfully parent an eight-year-old. She lives in Los Angeles. For more information, visit dianawinston.com and marc.ucla.edu.

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