From the author of the internationally-acclaimed best-selling text The DevelopingMind, and esteemed leader and educator in the field of mental health, comes the first book ever to integrate neuroscience research with the ancientart of mindfulness. The result is a groundbreaking approach to not simply mentalhealth, but life in general, which shows readers how personal awarenessand attunement can actually stimulate emotional circuits in the brain, leadingto a host of physiological benefits, including greater well-being, resilience, emotionalbalance, and improved cardiac and immune function. For clinicians andlaypeople alike, Siegel s illuminating discussions of the power of the focusedmind provide a wealth of ideas that can transform our lives and deepen ourconnections with others, and with ourselves.