Stan Rodski

How to use the insights of neuroscience and the techniques of mindfulness to get a good night's sleep. Everyone's familiar with the consequences of lost sleep: you're groggy and irritable, your focus is off, you don't perform at your best, and you're likely to dump sugary foods and caffeine into your system for an energy boost. But the effects of poor sleep go way beyond these concerns. Indeed, they can be life-threatening. It's one thing to know the problem, it's another to fix it. In this book, renowned neuroscientist Dr Stan Rodski takes us through the fundamentals of sleep - how sleep works, why we sleep and how much sleep we need - but, most importantly, he gives us exercises to help overcome the bane of insomnia. In any endeavour, the key to achievement is proper preparation, and sleep is no different. Drawing on the techniques of mindfulness, meditation and relaxation, and the neuroscience that underpins them all, Dr Stan gives you the tools to prepare yourself (and your children) for an excellent sleep - and enjoy it!

Colourobics is the perfect mindfulness colouring book for kids, with simple colouring exercises that can help relieve stress and anxiety. Developed by psychologist and neuroscientist Dr Stan Rodski, Colourobics is based on the idea that colour affects our emotions and can be used to improve our wellbeing and mental health. Through the mindfulness practice of colouring, this book will help children connect with their feelings and moods. The book's value extends beyond a child to their parents: as a neuroscience and stress-management tool for children to achieve calm, it is also a way for parents to help their children to perform and achieve more at school and in their learning development. When a page is fully coloured in, it can be taken out of the book and used as a poster. Colourobics is perfect for children aged between 7 and 14 years.

Enjoy the meditative relaxation of Medi-tation: Colouring For Focus and Creativity. The simple act of colouring itself has the power to engage your brain, improve your mood and kindle creativity by providing a mindful task that also transports us back to a time in our lives when we felt carefree and safe. Colouring is a mindful, creative practice that brings no element of competition or failure and instead creates total absorption – even if you are not creative. In Medi-tation, Dr Stan Rodski draws on the study of neuroscience to bring brand new exercises and patterns to help focus your brain and create a meditative state. Dr Rodski's easy-to-use meditative techniques are designed to focus your brain through the use of colour with pattern, repetition and detail – focusing on helping us to be more rested, concentrate better, and be more aware.

Anti-stress: meditation through colouring provides an easily used meditative technique to relax – which everyone can do – by using the unique technique of PATTERN, REPETITION, SINGLE FOCUS and CREATIVITY with no COMPETITIVE pressure in colouring-in. Anti-stress taps into your own powerful inner resources controlled by your brain, to combat stress by engaging in an activity it remembers as both creative and relaxing – colouring in a meditative way that moves your brain to a more restful state. Our brains can often be overwhelmed by the speed of life and bombardment of information. It is essential for our health and wellbeing to be able to draw upon our own resources to deal with stress when it comes along. While there are colouring books of every description available, Anti-stress is drawn from the science behind using colouring to reduce stress.

Explore the benefits of a mindful approach to life Cutting-edge studies in neuroscience have in recent years proved what many doctors, therapists and other health professionals had long suspected: simple, repetitive tasks, performed with focus and attention - mindfulness, in other words - can not only quieten our noisy thought processesand help us relax but also improve our outlook on life and protect us against a range of life-threatening illnesses. A cognitive neuroscientist and a leading authority on mental performance, Stan Rodski sets out the science behind these remarkable discoveries in simple terms, and explains how you in turn can benefit from them. As well as examining the potentially pivotal role of mindfulness in alleviating stress and managing energy, Stan highlights the most effective mindfulness activities, guides you through quick and easy exercises, and shows you how to harness the power of mindfulness over the long term to forge mental and physical resilience - and create a happier, healthier, more compelling future.