In her widely-praised first book, Do Your Om Thing, Rebecca Pacheco—a rising star in the yoga and meditation community—taught readers how to embrace the wisdom of the yoga sutras and reap the mental, emotional, and spiritual benefits of what is commonly mistaken for a purely physical pursuit. Now, in this perfectly timed follow up, Pacheco will do for mindfulness what she did for yoga, demystifying a seemingly esoteric practice and giving readers at all points on their journeys the tools to become more still and more resilient, regardless of the world outside their windows. A contemplative life, Pacheco argues, is not synonymous with bliss and positivity, but rather some degree of mental, emotional, and spiritual grappling. Pacheco’s aim with Still Life is to arm readers with the tools to do just this: to wake up to the present, to live life fully. Offering the heavy lifting of a how-to—teaching, inspiring, and informing—with the intimacy and voice of a memoir, this is a book about mindfulness for modern seekers of all stripes.