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Culadasa John Yates, Matthew Immergut PhD, Sean Runnette, Jeremy Graves

The Mind Illuminated by Culadasa John Yates, Matthew Immergut PhD, Sean Runnette, Jeremy Graves takes about 8 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 8 hours 52 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 2015. 484 pages, about 133,100 words.

18 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 14 hours 47 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 8 hours 52 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 5 hours 33 minutes

The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The Mind Illuminated is the first how-to meditation guide from a neuroscientist who is also an acclaimed meditation master. This innovative book offers a 10-stage program that is both deeply grounded in ancient spiritual teachings about mindfulness and holistic health, and also draws from the latest brain science to provide a roadmap for anyone interested in achieving the benefits of mindfulness. Dr. John Yates offers a new and fascinating model of how the mind works, including steps to overcome mind wandering and dullness, extending your attention span while meditating, and subduing subtle distractions. This groundbreaking manual provides illustrations and charts to help you work through each stage of the process, offering tools that work across all types of meditation practices.

Subjects: Meditation, Buddhism, Meditation, buddhism, Meditation -- Buddhism

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