The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere

The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere

2014 • 96 pages

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Explores why modern-day technology is making people more likely to retreat into solitude and quiet, with growing numbers of people practicing yoga, meditation and tai chi and even taking an “Internet Sabbath” where online connections are shut down for a day. 50,000 first printing.

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TED Books is a 18-book series first released in 2014 with contributions by Pico Iyer, Chip Kidd, and Rob Knight.


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Not mindblowing, yet a good starting point if you think that a bit more mindfulness can only improve your life

September 15, 2021

The Art of Stillness is a little sixty-six page TED book. Just reading this book reminded me of the importance of taking time to sit in silence and stillness, and so I did.

December 21, 2015