‘Studies reveal what years of practice demonstrate: training our mind in specific ways brings health to our bodies, clarity to our minds, and connection in our relationships. Dan Siegel provides an exciting new reflective practice — the Wheel of Awareness — that offers these research-proven ways of cultivating love, kindness, and meaning in our lives.’
Sharon Salzberg, author of Real Happiness and Real Love
‘Dan is a brilliant integrator and Aware is a visionary blend of neuroscience, physics, and cutting-edge psychology combined with creative approaches to mindfulness and compassion. The practice of the Wheel brings together many skilful and wise elements of meditation, all rolled into one.’
Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart and No Time Like the Present
‘In Aware, Dan Siegel offers an illuminating new view of the nature of mind and the practices of awareness that lead us to profound wellbeing. His “Wheel of Awareness” is an elegant and groundbreaking synthesis of these practices, an accessible tool for inner integration and healing, as well as for realising the loving awareness that links us to all beings. This brilliant book is poised to transform countless lives.’
Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge
‘In Aware, Dan Siegel brings us a precious gift that will transform your mind, life, and relationships in a most wonderful way, using an easy to learn and revolutionary new system for meditation — one that beginners and experts, alike, will cherish!’
Dr Rudolph Tanzi, professor of neurology at Harvard University, and co-author of The Healing Self
‘Dan Siegel brings a fresh look and creative imagination to provide a roadmap of the mind and make mindfulness practices more accessible and applicable in everyday life. Aware provides a way to grow our skills in self-awareness, self-monitoring, and self-regulation — enhancing our capacity for joy, flourishing, and peace.’
Dr Ronald Epstein, Professor of Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Oncology and Medicine at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
‘Dan Siegel, a brilliant and compassionate clinician and master translator of research and complex topics, offers this wise and practical guide on the Wheel of Awareness. Inspired by science and decades of clinical and teaching experience, combined with Dan’s unique insights, Aware opens our minds to a transformative mental practice that can serve as a valuable resource to living fully in the ups and downs of everyday life.’
Susan Bauer-Wu, President of the Mind & Life Institute and author of Leaves Falling Gently
‘Dr Dan Siegel has an extraordinary gift: to describe patterns and make accessible in a powerful way the insights and practices that are fundamental to wellbeing and awakening. In his book Aware, we are introduced to the power of presence. Using science and psychology, he opens for us his “Wheel of Awareness”, a way of perceiving and working with the mind that is both practical and liberating.’
Joan Halifax, PhD, founder, abbot and head teacher at Upaya Institute and Zen Center
‘Dan Siegel, who gave us a succinct and clear definition of mind, now explores the awareness that knows that mind. Read this book if you want true freedom and spontaneous creativity.’
Deepak Chopra, MD
‘Dan has produced a masterpiece containing invaluable knowledge in the fields of psychiatry, therapy, interpersonal neurobiology, meditation, and more. Very few people understand the intricacies of the human mind and how it can be channelled to achieve true well-being as Dan does. The Wheel of Awareness is a simple yet profound way for all to learn and advance in their practice of being aware.’
Menas C. Kafatos, Fletcher Jones Endowed Professor of Computational Physics at Chapman University, co-author with Deepak Chopra of The New York Times bestseller You Are the Universe
‘Growing a strong mind in our lives is the scientifically proven pathway for cultivating more wellbeing, emotional intelligence, and social connection. Dan Siegel’s new approach of the Wheel of Awareness offers us a powerful tool to do just that — bring more health, resilience, and caring into our lives throughout the lifespan.’
Goldie Hawn, author of A Lotus Grows in the Mud and Ten Mindful Minutes
‘We know so much about what’s outside in the Cosmos, billions of light years away, but very little about what’s going on inside our heads right now. We know about dark matter but not so much about grey matter, which, I would think, matters most. Daniel Siegel finally gives us insight into who we are, how we work, and most important of all, how to retrain and change our minds. For me, almost every line is an “aha” moment. At long last, someone nails what it is to have a healthy mind and if you don’t have one, how to get one.’
Ruby Wax, author of Sane New World
‘Dr Daniel Siegel is truly one of a kind. His ability to blend no-nonsense neuroscience with accessible techniques for training the mind is masterful. Anyone wanting to be less distracted and more present in their life, will want to read this book.’
Andy Puddicombe, co-founder of Headspace
‘Meditation strengthens our attention, opens our awareness, and helps us cultivate compassion and kind intention, which have been shown to improve our health and our relationships. That’s exactly what Dan Siegel offers us with Aware, a practical guide to a life-changing journey into the deep nature of our consciousness, what it means to be human and how to truly thrive.’
Arianna Huffington, founder & CEO of Thrive Global, and founder of The Huffington Post
‘Dan’s ability to distill and clarify insights from fields as diverse as neurobiology, psychology, philosophy, and spirituality is a gift to us all relationally, socially, and soulfully. In Aware, he plumbs the depths of his profound knowledge to uncover what it means to be truly alive and present.’
Alanis Morissette, writer, songwriter, activist
‘A head-spinning guide to supercharged meditation.’
Kirkus Reviews
‘This guide will help you to be stronger, calmer … focused in the face of any challenge life throws at you.’
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