Personal development

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and members of his Buddhist community deliver a visionary book about the future of Buddhism in America. This volume contains never-before-published letters, stories, poems, calligraphies, and photos by Hanh.

Find peace and calm amid the busyness of your life with this mindfulness meditation book by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Designed to be both inspiration and guidebook for those new to mindfulness practice, Making Space offers easy-to-follow instructions for setting up a breathing room, listening to a bell, sitting, breathing, and walking meditations, and cooking and eating a meal in mindfulness. Wh

The Five Mindfulness Trainings (also referred to as “Precepts”)—not to kill, steal, commit adultery, lie, or take intoxicants—are the basic statement of ethics and morality in Buddhism. Zen Master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh argues eloquently for their applicability in our daily lives and on a global scale. Nhat Hanh discusses the value and meaning of each precept, offering insi

The world-renowned Zen monk argues for a more mindful, spiritual approach to environmental protection and activism—one that recognizes people and planet as one and the same   While many experts point to the enormous complexity in addressing issues ranging from the destruction of ecosystems to the loss of millions of species, Thich Nhat Hanh identifies one key issue as having the pot

This beautifully designed gift book contains many of the best-loved inspirational quotations and passages from Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. Basic meditation instructions and messages of peace, love, insight, understanding, and compassion accompany two-color illustrations throughout, with blank pages for personal reflections and inspiration. Moments of Mindfulness is a perfect journal for spiritual

Zen teacher Glen Schneider has developed a series of simple practices to help us cultivate happiness and fulfillment in the course of our daily lives. Happiness is far more than a positive feeling that comes and goes, happiness is wired into the physiology of our brains. It is a skill we can all develop through cultivating mindfulness and concentration. In Ten Breaths to Happiness Schneider presen

How to Walk is the fourth title in Parallax’s popular Mindfulness Essentials Series of how-to titles by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, introducing beginners and reminding seasoned practitioners of the essentials of mindfulness practice.

Many people bring spiritual practices into every aspect of their lives - except the boardroom! But spiritual guidance can be used just as easily to help fill the bottom line as it does to fill our hearts and souls. In THE PATH TO WEALTH, entrepreneur, May McCarthy, will show you how to create a true financial partnership with the all-knowing power in the universe that she calls your Chief Spiritua

So many people today are over stressed, over worked and are bombarded with feelings that they will never be enough or never have enough and they attempt to fix this by addressing their outer world rather than their inner world.In AWAKEN YOUR INNER FIRE, bestselling author, HeatherAsh Amara, offers a foundational shift in how you approach the world, one that will show you how to make choices from y

Despite an innate desire to live peaceful and happy lives, many of us spend too much time in struggle and stress rather than enjoyment, often working to make others happy while forgetting about ourselves. In A YEAR FOR YOU, author and clutter-clearing expert, Stephanie Bennett Vogt, explains the Spacious Way, a method that teaches you how to gently release the underlying causes of stress, struggle

This book is a meditation on facing fear, heartbreak and mortality. It is the story of a man who in rapid succession has his wife die in his arms, loses his house and his job and is left to care for his 19-month old daughter. Oddly enough, the best tools for coping with all of this were those he learned in more than two decades of the martial arts practice. NOT AFRAID tackles this extremely heavy

Many losses go unrecognised or are subtle. Some are life-changing. Whether it is the loss of a loved one, a relationship or a job, the energy of grief often weighs heavily upon our hearts. These losses can accumulate and make it difficult for us to enjoy life. This book provides readers with powerful tools to transform and recover from any kind of loss and reawaken to the possibility of joy in the

Having suffered the dark weight of depression for most of her life, the author decided to write a collection of reminder notes to herself in an effort to reduce the stress. Eventually this attempt at self-help became the collection of dialogues that make up this book. She has successfully used the dialogues and methods in this book and now shares the method with others who are dealing with the rav

The five bestselling handbooks of Thich Nhat Hanh's Mindfulness Essentials Series, How to Sit, How to Eat, How to Walk, How to Love, and How to Relax, are collected together for the first time in a beautifully designed gift box. The box contains all five titles in their original trade paperback editions, each printed with a different highlight color. The Mindfulness Essentials Series by Zen Mast

While most of us have heard about the mental and physical benefits of meditation, beginning a regular practice can sometimes seem more daunting than training for a marathon. Maybe you're curious about meditation but don't know where or how to start, or perhaps you've tried it but weren't able to stick with it.If this describes you, then HOW TO MEDITATE LIKE A BUDDHIST is the perfect place to begin

When you think of a witch, what do you picture? Pointy black hat, maybe a broomstick? But witches in various guises have been with us for millennia. In WAKING THE WITCH, Pam Grossman explores the cultural and historical impact of the world's most magical icon. From the idea of the femme fatale in league with the devil in early modern Europe and Salem, to the bewitching pop culture archetypes in Bu

“A welcome antidote to our toxic hustle culture of burnout.”—Arianna Huffington “This book is so important and could truly save lives.”—Elizabeth Gilbert “A clarion call to work smarter [and] accomplish more by doing less.”—Adam Grant   We work feverishly to make ourselves happy. So why are we so miserable?   Despite our constant search for new ways to optim

This simple yet powerful method can place the subconscious mind in direct contact with the Universal Mind--the all-seeing, all-knowing collective subconscious of the human race. Dr. Murphy offers positive proof this power exists.