Wake Up Before Your Wake-Up Call

Description

Do you wake up most mornings and go along with the day as usual, taking for granted that things will unfold the way they always have? Do you go through your days on autopilot, with no real thought that something life-changing could happen at any moment? By the time we reach our middle years, many of us have established well-worn patterns and habits that no longer serve us — from what we eat to how we relate to others, to how we take care of our bodies or the environment, to how we express compassion for the whole web of living beings. Yet many times our bodies are sending us feelings and sensations meant to wake us up as if from sleepwalking, so that we can be more attuned and alive to our experiences, aligned with our values, and alert to the impulse to change before calamity happens.

Through real-life examples and practical exercises for meditation and self-reflection, Toni Parker unpacks the five pillars for waking up: Body Sensation Awareness, Mind Kindness, Emotional Equanimity, Self-Compassion, and Waking Up to the World. She shows readers how to identify the signs and offers proven strategies for tuning in to the telltale whispers and sensations that alert us to when a wake-up call is building. This self-awareness and strength to stay in the present moment, see and accept a situation for what it is allows us to move forward differentlyawake, centered, and prepared for the smallest experiences and the biggest changes in life.

Wake Up Before Your Wake-Up Call expands on Parkers work as a therapist and speaker and will help readers live more meaningful and engaged lives through deeper love, joy, and connection.

Author Information

Toni Parker, PhD, is a certified mindfulness meditation teacher through Jack Kornfield and Tara Brachs Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, which is certified through the Awareness Training Institute and the Greater Good Science Center out of UC Berkeley. She is also a certified Gottman therapist and certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine provider. She holds a Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and eCornell. As a Gottman therapist, Toni provides clinical trainings and teaches the Gottmans Art of Science and Love workshops in the US and abroad. She has studied various mind-body modalities, including at Harvard University and other institutions. Having been in private practice for more than twenty-five years, providing couples counseling, corporate trainings, and individual and group therapy, Toni has helped many discover their own potential and understand their emotional and compassionate selves and, ultimately, how to lead a more mindful and awakened life. She lives in California.