[Book Introduction] Burnout Relief Tips from a Google Meditation Instructor

Junya Ogino's 'Now, Meditation'

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] Spending long hours at home due to COVID-19 often leads to mental fog and lethargy. You expect to feel lighter after work, but fatigue lingers easily. Anxiety about the increasingly limited promotion opportunities makes you feel like you must work harder, constantly trapped in unease.

These are common mental pains experienced by office workers. Junya Ogino recommends "mindfulness" especially during such times in his book Now, Meditation. He is a pioneer of mindfulness and a meditation instructor at the global company Google, focusing on healing the minds of modern people exhausted by anxiety and irritation. He presents 64 meditation methods that readers can easily follow in daily life.

Meditation can be done anytime, anywhere, by anyone. Whether working, in meetings, eating, or walking, he shares specific episodes on how to create and maintain peace of mind amid thoughts and emotions at every moment. Through training, meditation becomes a habit, and as the process continues, its effects extend even into the unconscious state.

The book contains data accumulated from the author’s years of meditation training, showing the practical effects meditation can bring and how it influences individuals. It completes the "A to Z" of meditation, from exercises that bring peace of mind, methods to relieve momentary stress in daily life, to training that helps with future planning through meditation.

By making meditation a habit and continuing it in daily life, scattered concentration at every moment is gathered, awakening the joy of immersion. This leads to improved work efficiency, reduced emotional fluctuations, and decreased stress. The author, who once lived a career-centered, exhausted life, has made the meditation secrets he acquired while shifting to an inner-centered life easy to understand and accessible for anyone to practice in daily life.

The author wrote this book after rescuing himself from burnout that nearly killed him in elite society through meditation. He discovered the true face of meditation?the "gentle power" hidden behind the grand-sounding word "meditation"?within himself and his daily life. The power to develop oneself lies not outside but within, and by continuing a sincere journey with oneself, one can encounter freedom beyond the limits of time and space, the author says.

(Written by Junya Ogino / Translated by Jieun Kim / G.A. Books / 13,800 KRW)

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