Anusha Wijeyakumar - Meditation with Intention

Llewellyn Publications

Woodbury, Minnesota

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Meditation with Intention: Quick & Easy Ways to Create Lasting Peace 2021 by Anusha Wijeyakumar.

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First e-book edition 2020

E-book ISBN: 9780738762968

Cover design by Kevin R. Brown

Interior art by Mary Ann Zapalac

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Wijeyakumar, Anusha, author.

Title: Meditation with intention : quick & easy ways to create lasting

peace / Anusha Wijeyakumar, MA.

Description: First edition. | Woodbury, Minnesota : Llewellyn Publications,

2020. | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: Guide to

beginning a daily meditation practice; includes exercises and guided

meditations. Secular practices but authors knowledge is

Hindu/Buddhist Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020041253 (print) | LCCN 2020041254 (ebook) | ISBN

9780738762685 (paperback) | ISBN 9780738762968 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Meditation.

Classification: LCC BL627 .W493 2020 (print) | LCC BL627 (ebook) | DDC

204/.35dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020041253

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to my parents Wijey and Malathie. I am eternally grateful for your guidance and encouragement in my life. Without your unconditional love, support, and sacrifices I would not be who I am today.

Contents

I change my mindset to change my life

I let go of excuses

I am not my thoughts

I embody courage and strength

I live my life for me

I trust my inner truth

I live in the here and now

I embrace my pain

I love and accept myself

List of Exercises

Disclaimer

T he material in this book is not intended as a substitute for trained medical or psychological advice, or to diagnose, treat, or cure any illness. Readers are advised to consult their personal healthcare professionals regarding treatment and usage. It is the recommendation of both the author and the publisher to use the content herein and its practices with common sense and the advice of trained healthcare professionals.

Foreword

A s a breast cancer surgeon, you meet a variety of personalities in your patients and colleagues around the hospital, but few have left such a mark as Anusha Wijeyakumar. We met by chance at a charity event hosted by the hospital where we work and had an instant connection. We found many things in common, including our South Asian heritage, and became fast friends.

After attending a meditation led by Anusha, I realized her work and practice could have a huge impact on the psychosocial well-being of the breast cancer patients I treat.

As the program director of Integrative Breast Oncology at Hoag Hospital, I lead the breast cancer survivorship program that helps women affected by breast cancer live their healthiest life and move past their active cancer diagnosis into thrivorship. Anxiety, PTSD, and depression are just some of the psychosocial issues that impact our patients after going through aggressive surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy treatments. I wondered if mindfulness and meditation could help some of these women move past the stress that may have contributed to their diagnosis in the first place.

I asked Anusha to lead meditations and speak at various survivorship events and immediately received wonderful feedback from patients. Anusha quickly became an integral part of our program and her five-minute quick and easy techniques for mindfulness and meditation have become a hit for breast cancer patients and survivors alike. She has made it easy and fun for our patients to begin a meditation practice, and I am confident this book will help the readers in the same way with her accessible wisdom and simple exercises. I hate to sound clich, but five minutes a day of meditation and mindfulness is just what the doctor ordered.

Dr. Sadia Khan, FACS

Breast Surgical Oncologist

Director of Integrative Breast Oncology

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery

Keck School of Medicine

The University of Southern California