This clinical guidebook proposes that mindful movement teaches us to appreciate our ability to move and be physically active, improving the overall health of both mind and body.

Mindfulness has emerged as a powerful corrective to the distraction-filled modern world, teaching us to remain within our present moment and observe what we are sensing, feeling, and thinking.

But while a mindfulness practice focuses on the mind, what about our bodies?

Paul Salmon is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Louisville who has taught mindfulness meditation and yoga since the 1990s.

In this book, Salmon provides tools to incorporate movement techniques alongside traditional mindful breathing, showing how simple practices like walking and stretches can center attention and calm the mind.

By incorporating mindful movement into clinical practice, clients learn the value of physical activity, which strengthens the overall success of psychological and emotional therapies.