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  Wherever You Go, There You Are

  Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

  by Jon Kabat-Zinn

  The time-honored national bestseller, updated with a new afterword, celebrating 10 years of influencing the way we live. When Wherever You Go, There You Are was first published in 1994, no one could have predicted that the book would launch itself onto bestseller lists nationwide and sell over 750,000 copies to date. Ten years later, the book continues to change lives. In honor of the book's 10th... (more)
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  Peace Is Every Step

  The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

  by Thich Nhat Hanh

  In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. For him a ringing telephone can be a signal to call us back to our true selves. Dirty dishes, red lights, and traffic jams are spiritual friends on... (more)
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  Full Catastrophe Living

  Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

  by Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Featured on Bill Moyer's PBS special Healing and the Mind, this practical guide to mindfulness, meditation and healing from the author of the bestselling Wherever You Go, There You Are is a classic in the field of alternative medicine.
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  Coming to Our Senses

  Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness

  by Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Now in paperback, the guide to living a meaningful life from the world stress expert "<The> journey toward health and sanity is nothing less than an invitation to wake up to the fullness of our lives as if they actually mattered . . ." --Jon Kabat-Zinn, from the Introduction Ten years ago, Jon Kabat-Zinn changed the way we thought about awareness in everyday life with his now-classic introduction... (more)
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  Mindfulness in Plain English

  by Venerable Henepola Gunaratana

  About meditation: what it is and what it isn't. In English. Published by The Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation in Taiwan.
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  The Power of Now

  A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

  by Eckhart Tolle

  It's no wonder that The Power of Now has sold over 2 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 30 foreign languages. Much more than simple principles and platitudes, the book takes readers on an inspiring spiritual journey to find their true and deepest self and reach the ultimate in personal growth and spirituality: the discovery of truth and light. In the first chapter, Tolle introduces... (more)
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  The Mindful Way Through Depression

  Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

  by Zindel V. Segal, John D. Teasdale, Mark Williams, Jon Kabat-Zinn

  The Mindful Way through Depression draws on the collective wisdom of four internationally renowned cognitive therapy and mindfulness experts, including bestselling author Jon Kabat-Zinn, to help you break the mental habits that can lead to despair. This authoritative, easy-to-use self-help program is based on methods clinically proven to reduce the recurrence of chronic unhappiness. Informative chapters reveal... (more)
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  Nonviolent Communication

  A Language of Life

  by Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Do you hunger for skills to improve the quality of your relationships, to deepen your sense of personal empowerment or to simply communicate more effectively? Unfortunately, for centuries our culture has taught us to think and speak in ways that can actually perpetuate conflict, internal pain and even violence. Nonviolent Communication partners practical skills with a powerful consciousness and vocabulary to help... (more)
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  Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting

  by Myla Kabat-Zinn

  The bestselling author of "Wherever You Go, There You Are" joins forces with his wife, Myla, in this groundbreaking new book about mindfulness in parenting children of all ages. Two-color throughout.
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  Comfortable With Uncertainty

  108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion

  by Pema Chödrön, Emily Hilburn Sell

  This book offers short, stand-alone readings designed to help us cultivate compassion and awareness amid the challenges of daily living. More than a collection of thoughts for the day, Comfortable with Uncertainty offers a progressive program of spiritual study, leading the reader through essential concepts, themes, and practices on the Buddhist path. Comfortable with Uncertainty does not assume prior... (more)
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  The Wisdom of No Escape

  And the Path of Loving Kindness

  by Pema Chödrön

  This book is about saying yes to life in all its manifestations—embracing the potent mixture of joy, suffering, brilliance, and confusion that characterizes the human experience. Pema Chödrön shows us the profound value of our situation of "no escape" from the ups and downs of life.
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  Being Peace

  by Thich Nhat Hanh, Rachel Neumann

  An ideal starting-point for those interested in Buddhism, Being Peace contains Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings on peace and meditation. Using real examples from his own life, as well as poems and fables, Nhat Hanh explains his key practices for living "right in the moment we are alive." These lessons are taught with fine writing and sparkling phrases that draw the reader in and make Being Peace a book that... (more)
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  Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

  Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

  by Shunryu Suzuki, Trudy Dixon

  Zen mind is one of those enigmatic phrases used by Zen teachers to throw you back upon yourself, to make you go behind the words themselves and begin wondering. "I know what my own mind is," you tell yourself, "but what is Zen mind?" And then: "But do I really know what my own mind is?" Is it what I am doing now? Is it what I am thinking now?" And if you should then try to sit physically still for a while to see... (more)
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  A Path With Heart

  A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life

  by Jack Kornfield

  Beloved Western Buddhist master Kornfield makes known his personal, practical wisdom, garnered from 25 years of practicing and teaching the path of awakening, as he guides self-searchers to a simplicity of perception that brings alive spiritual practice, peace, and truth in their daily lives.
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  You Are Here

  Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment

  by Thich Nhat Hanh

  Simple daily practices to help us discover the happiness and freedom of living in the present moment—from the renowned Buddhist monk and best-selling author. Most of Thich Nhat Hanh’s previous books have either provided an overview of the Buddhist path or offered guidance on specific problem areas in our lives, such as love, anger, power, or death. This new book focuses on Buddhist techniques and practices we... (more)
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  Life Is a Verb

  37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally

  by Patti Digh

  In October 2003, Patti Digh’s stepfather was diagnosed with lung cancer. He died 37 days later. The timeframe made an impression on her. What emerged was a commitment to ask herself every morning: What would I be doing today if I had only 37 days left to live? The answers changed her life and led to this new kind of book. Part meditation, part how-to guide, part memoir, Life is a Verb is all heart.    ... (more)
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  Mindfulness

  by Ellen J. Langer

  "A landmark work of social psychology" (Booklist) now in paperback at a popular price. " . . . Harvard psychology professor Langer seeks to dramatize the rigid conditions and mindsets that often produce a pervasive state of automatized stupidity . . . (and) proposes a life-enhancing alternative."--Kirkus Reviews.
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  My Stroke of Insight

  A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

  by Jill Bolte Taylor

  The true story of a brain physicist who has a stroke and discovers lessons about brain function from a unique perspective. A wonderful resource for any family that has been affected by stroke.
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  Zen and the Art of Knitting

  Exploring the Links Between Knitting, Spirituality, and Creativity

  by Bernadette M. Murphy

  Knitting has become the hip new trend among twenty- and thirty-somethings, with celebrities such as Julia Roberts, Winona Ryder, Cameron Diaz, Hilary Swank, and Julianne Moore leading the way. This book explores what virtually everyone’s grandmother always knew-that when passionate knitters become one with the craft, amazing things start to happen. In Zen and the Art of Knitting, Bernadette Murphy explores how... (more)
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  After the Ecstasy, the Laundry

  How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path

  by Jack Kornfield

  “Enlightenment does exist,” internationally renowned author and meditation master Jack Kornfield assures us. “Unbounded freedom and joy, oneness with the divine ... these experiences are more common than you know, and not far away.” But even after achieving such realization — after the ecstasy — we are faced with the day-to-day task of translating that freedom into our imperfect lives. We are faced with the... (more)