Instant Calm: 2-Minute Meditations to Create a Lifetime of Happy

by Karen Salmansohn

Lifestyle guru Karen Salmansohn presents a colorful gift book of two-minute meditations and mindfulness tips that help reduce stress and improve focus, clarity, productivity, and sleep. You're just a few minutes away from a more Zen mindset!  Almost 40 percent of Americans admit they worry every day, and the media has pegged today's millennials as "The Anxious Generation." Although interest in meditation and mindfulness is ever growing, many of us don't have the time or patience to develop a serious practice. Health and happiness guru Karen Salmansohn's unique brand of fun mini-meditations use the power of focus and the five senses to achieve the same results as more standard meditation techniques in far less time. Packed with full-page illustrations, fascinating scientific studies, and Salmansohn's patented wit, Instant Calm helps you tap into stress-releasing topics like forest bathing (sound), essential oils (smell), earthing (touch), dot meditations (sight), and more—in just two minutes. Soon you’ll be swapping your aarghs for ahhhs!Advance praise for Instant Calm“Instant Calm can help anyone redefine and expand their meditation practice.  She shares a range of unique sensory meditations—which tap into all five senses—and offer a quick, fun approach to reset your mind and refocus your energy.  I personally have begun to use these mini meditations whenever I just want to feel a mental boost throughout my day. I love the illustrations and Karen’s fun and lighthearted voice!  I highly recommend this book as a helpful guide to decompress from life’s challenges.”—Kristine Carlson, New York Times bestselling author of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff For Women   “If you’re feeling stressed and looking for ways to relax and feel focused (and pretty much everybody in today’s world is!) well . . . then . . . this book is a game-changer for you. It makes doing meditation feel so easy and fun. It’s great for beginners to meditation—and also helpful for advanced meditators—because there’s something for everyone. What I especially love about this book is the wide range of sensory meditations Karen offers. Open up the book anywhere—and you will find a useful fun two-minute tool you can use to relax and feel grounded again. Plus the illustrations are gorgeous.”—Christina Rasmussen, bestselling author of Second Live, Laugh and Love Again

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help

111 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 27, 2019

About the author

Karen Salmansohn is a bestselling author (with 2 million books and courses sold), leading behavioral change expert, and columnist for Oprah and Psychology Today, as well as the founder of the popular personal development site NotSalmon.com, which has a vibrant community of 1.5 million followers. Her most recent book is "Your To-Die-For Life: How to Maximize Joy and Minimize Regret . . . Before Your Time Runs Out." She’s been sparking transformations in individuals and companies for a few decades and is passionate about digging deep and finding fascinating insights, tools, and studies from all areas of life, including psychology, Eastern and Western philosophy, neuroscience, quantum physics, and more.

She began writing “self-help for people who wouldn’t be caught dead doing self help” in 1999 with the bestseller How To Be Happy Dammit—the very first personal development book of its kind to have a feisty title, edgy humor, and stylish interior design, which paved the way for self-help authors to write irreverent personal development books. Since then, she’s written many bestsellers, including The Bounce Back Book and Think Happy. Now she’s excited to pioneer the mortality awareness movement by illuminating life’s most avoided conversation—death—and reminding others to live more bravely.

Reviews

[Donna Schwartz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the meditations in this book! The first meditations were visual an then the author continued on with the other senses. I will probably buy this one so that I can continue to practice some of the other meditations. What I'm not sure of is whether I will order a Kindle edition or the hard cover.

[Carly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to give as a gift. Cool illustrations and lots of tips on relieving stress-using sensory tactics: (aromatherapy recommendations- foods to eat for reducing anxiety, and exercises using visionary images to focus. I love this authors approach with stress reduction. Very reader friendly.

[Caitlin Skellett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some great tips in this book!! I read one section each day and then tried it out for myself.

[LemontreeLime · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very sweet.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 I was hoping for more depth, more ideas,

[Christy · Rating 5 out of 5]

very easy read. lots of helpful information will keep for reference