{"product_id":"the-monkey-is-the-messenger-ralph-de-la-rosa-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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ralph de la Rosa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611805848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611805840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shambhala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\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\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/24\/2018","brand":"Ralph de la Rosa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938790998271,"sku":"9781611805840","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5052d01b-fc0b-47d9-9760-914f63199042.jpg?v=1681437738","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-monkey-is-the-messenger-ralph-de-la-rosa-9781611805840","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}