Ten Breaths to Happiness, Touching Life in its Fullness

There are people who say that mindfulness is just one thing -breathing in and breathing out. They are right. With mindful breathing, we’re more present for ourselves and for the world and we can live deeply every moment of our daily life.”

-Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, from the Foreword

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 the author presents a series of simple practices and guided meditations that help rewire your neural pathways to experience deeper fulfillment and peace.

Glen Schneider is a Dharma teacher ordained by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and founder of the Buckeye Sangha. He lives in Berkeley, California, where he is a naturalist and gardener.

ISBN:978-1-937006-39-6, Paperback, 96 pages.

Reviews

“Glen Schneider has created a truly simple set of practices you can actually do anywhere, anytime. They really work!” -MJ Ryan, author of Attitudes of Gratitude

“Schneider show how, in training our mindfulness on beauty for the span of ten breaths (30 seconds), we are actually opening new pathways to happiness, which can–with practice–replace habitual negativity, pain, and even trauma. What a gift.” -Louise Dunlap, author of Undoing the Silence

Small Bites: Mindfulness for Everyday Use

“Annabelle Zinser is an excellent dharma teacher. Her teachings are always based on her own living experience.”—Thich Nhat Hanh

Small Bites offers readers meditations and mindfulness practices for a variety of everyday situations. In short chapters Anabelle Zinser demonstrates how to connect our awareness of breath while bringing our focus to a particular topic, such as recognizing negative thoughts and emotions, taking care of our sexuality, or dealing with emotional challenges. Small Bites gives readers a way to be in touch with the healing capacity of the present moment and provides tools to transform and heal even the most difficult aspects of our lives.

Reaching across all faith traditions, Small Bites teaches readers to bring mindfulness practices into daily life.

Annabelle Zinser became a member of Thich Nhat Hanh’s practice community in Germany, and received transmission to become a dharma teacher 2004. The recipient of the United Nation’s Outstanding Women in Buddhism award in 2007, she lives in Berlin.

Reviews

A heartwarming guidance for absolute beginners as well as for advanced meditators. When you practice these guided meditations you develop the most precious gift you can give to yourself and those you love – peace, joy and equanimity.”—Marie Mannschatz, Best-Selling Author and Vipassana teacher

“Annabelle Zinser is a deeply dedicated and skillfull teacher of mindfulness meditation. This book is full of her wonderful wisdom, understanding, and loving compassion.” —Ruth Dension

ISBN: 978-1-937006-24-2, paperback original, 160 pages.

Mindful Movements

These simple and effective practices reduce stress and tension and help create peace of mind and body. When used as a complement to other meditation practices, these movements can alleviate mental, emotional, and physical strain. Drawn in a whimsical and immediately appealing style, the book presents ten gentle physical routines that can be practiced by people of all ages and body types.  The exercises can be practiced before or after sitting meditation, at home, or at work—any time you have a few minutes to refresh your body and quiet your mind.

Mindful Movements have been lovingly illustrated by Wietske Vriezen, a Dutch an artist and movement teacher who has practiced with Thich Nhat Hanh.