{"product_id":"the-monkey-is-the-messenger-meditation-and-what-your-busy-mind-is-trying-to-tell-you-9781611805840","title":"The Monkey Is the Messenger: Meditation and What Your Busy Mind Is Trying to Tell You","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn engaging, funny, and introductory guide for anyone whose overactive mind gets in the way of starting a regular meditation practice\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"My mind is so busy, I really need to meditate.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"My mind is so busy, there's no way I can meditate.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Familiar dilemma? These days just about all of us know we \u003ci\u003eshould\u003c\/i\u003e 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Poignant and entertaining, \u003ci\u003eThe Monkey Is the Messenger\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shambhala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611805840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ralph de la Rosa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43040288342197,"sku":"9781611805840","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5e87c7a7-72f2-40ad-9802-7860846af913.jpg?v=1689088726","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-monkey-is-the-messenger-meditation-and-what-your-busy-mind-is-trying-to-tell-you-9781611805840","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}