Make Every Move a Meditation, Nita Sweeney
Make Every Move a Meditation, Nita Sweeney
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Make Every Move a Meditation
Mindful Movement for Mental Health, Well-Being, and Insight

Author: Nita Sweeney

Narrator: Gina Rogers

Unabridged: 7 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/11/2022

Synopsis

Exercise can be meditation. What do you think of when you hear the word meditation? A quiet room filled with monks? An Instagram influencer? What about moving meditation? Yoga? Tai Chi? For too long, meditation in books has focused on specific periods of meditation, rather than mediation through fitness or daily activities. What if lifting weights, dancing with your love, or walking across a room counted? What if you could use exercise as meditation? What if you could make every move a meditation?

Connect with the present moment in each movement. Award-winning author, meditation leader, and mental health advocate Nita Sweeney shows listeners that fitness can be mindfulness. She teaches listeners how to bring meditation and mindfulness into any activity by incorporating centuries-old techniques. Studies show that both exercise and meditation reduce anxiety, stabilize blood pressure, improve mood and cognition, and lead to a deeper self-relationship and wisdom. Movement is medicine, and meditation is medicine. Let's combine the two with exercise as meditation.

Inside Make Every Move a Meditation, you'll learn to: turn exercise into a meditation tool and use exercise as meditation; make any activity, even walking through the house, a mindful practice; and enjoy the benefits of meditation while getting fit.

About Nita Sweeney

Nita Sweeney's articles, essays, and poems have appeared in magazines, blogs, and in several newspapers and newsletters. Her memoir, Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running with My Dog Brought Me Back from the Brink, was short-listed for the 2018 William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition Award. Nita earned a journalism degree from The E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, a law degree from The Ohio State University, and an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College. For ten years, she studied with and assisted bestselling author Natalie Goldberg at weeklong writing workshops teaching the "rules of writing practice" and leading participants in sitting and walking meditation. Goldberg authorized Nita to teach "writing practice" and Nita has taught for nearly twenty years. When she's not writing and teaching, Nita runs. She has completed three full marathons, twenty-six half marathons (in eighteen states), and more than sixty shorter races. Nita lives in central Ohio with her husband and biggest fan, Ed, and her yellow Labrador running partner, Scarlet.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shel on July 13, 2024

A helpful book about meditation and movement with plenty of insight, practices, and examples written clearly. Sweeney's authorial voice is knowledgable, vulnerable, comforting, compassionate, and inspires confidence. A great follow up to Depression Hates and Moving Target.......more

Goodreads review by Alex on January 26, 2025

This was a fine meditation book. The author shares some interesting insights as to how to apply mindfulness off the cushion, but this wasn't covered as in depth as I would have hoped for. She makes a fair argument that one can have equally meditative experiences working out or playing sports or hiki......more

Goodreads review by Mary on November 22, 2024

My daughter Ruth Anne was diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder this past summer. In order to recover speech fluency and volume, her speech therapist had her read aloud for at least 15 minutes a day at home and in the office when she had appointments. Ruth Anne 'just happened' upon Nita Sw......more

Goodreads review by Randi-Lee on October 20, 2022

In the age of instant gratification, the idea of taking time to meditate quietly can be daunting. By using movement that you are already doing (sports, walking, etc.), it can be easier to add meditation into your life. As a 200-hour yoga teacher, I have read many books about meditation. Many of them......more

Goodreads review by Clint on January 26, 2023

I love to run and enjoy the benefits of meditation, but until I picked up this insightful book, I had never tried combining the two. Nita’s humble and often humorous accounts make this a relatable read packed with great tips for bringing new awareness to any movement form. What struck me was her dee......more

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