A science based, practical book about meditation and how to make it part of your daily routine, for people of all walks of life. Dr Ramesh Manocha and his team are using science to study the beneficial effects that meditation can have on stress, health and wellbeing.The results? For just 10 minutes a day the amount of time it takes to make a coffee you can feel the immediate benefits that meditation brings to your mental and physical health. SILENCE YOUR MIND goes beyond regular stress management. Dr Manocha's plain English approach to meditation, or mental silence, is written for the general reader who perhaps wouldn't normally turn to meditation to deal with health issues. He shows how simple and effective techniques can be built into any part of your day and can be practised anywhere.This hands-on guide also shows how meditation can be used in sport and creative pursuits, in schools to help children manage anger and depression, and for general physical health.Dr Ramesh Manocha is a medical practitioner and researcher currently based at the Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, Sydney University, where he coordinates the Meditation Research Programme.